Healthcare Finance Staff
Health Information Partnership for Tennessee (HIP TN), which was convened three years ago to help the Volunteer State develop a statewide health information exchange, has voted to "wind down" operations.
An individual who wants to obtain health coverage through Medicaid, health plans on the coming insurance exchanges or help with paying for them will fill out a single online application for any of the programs in 2014.
A California lawsuit filed July 3 by a number of medical groups including the Los Angeles County Medical Association and the California Medical Association accuses health insurer Aetna of regularly and systematically threatening to deny coverage to members who receive out-of-network referrals for healthcare.
While one survey found a slight uptick in the popularity of Obamacare since the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the larger question pertains to whether or not the legislative victory will help President Obama in the long-run, and that jury is still out.
The eHealth Initiative (eHI) has concerns that the proposed regulations for health information exchange could unintentionally stifle innovation and hinder the growth of data exchange.
Taking a cue from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, UnitedHealthcare has launched its own Blue Button program, enabling its plan participants to access and print their personal health records (PHRs) with the click of a mouse.
On the heels of the Supreme Court ruling that upholds the health reform law, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced June 29 new funding to help states continue their work to build health insurance exchanges as specified under the Affordable Care Act.
Federal enforcers are preparing to audit healthcare organizations for how well they establish and follow privacy and security practices and data breach notification standards.
In upholding the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court did provide a setback to the Obama Administration by ruling that while the federal government can expand the Medicaid program, it cannot withhold funds from states that choose not to participate in the expansion.
A centerpiece of the GOP's agenda to "replace" ObamaCare is the appealing sounding notion of allowing insurance companies to sell plans across state lines -- in other words to ignore state rules about minimum standards of coverage. The hypothesis is that this will provide more competition and therefore lower premiums and enhance service.