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Dignity Health has formed a revenue cycle management company with Optum.
Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, and Dignity Health, one of the country's largest healthcare systems, have formed a revenue cycle management company, Optum360, that combines Dignity's revenue cycle management infrastructure and network scale with Optum's technology, analytics and broad client base of providers and health plans.
A new study indicates that 518 community health centers in the more than two dozen states not expanding Medicaid will lose out on $555 million next year.
The term "value-based" insurance might strike average consumers as a bit odd: Shouldn't all insurance be value-based?
Community health centers will pay a steep price for states' decisions not to expand Medicaid under the federal health law.
The chief architect of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act is asking the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate the use of genetic data in wellness programs and offer compliance guidance -- while large employers are hoping for more flexibility in tying incentives to genetic screening.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has launched an initiative using claims data to help hospitals across the state better understand their practice patterns compared with their peers, in an effort to improve patient outcomes and manage costs.
An 18-wheeler roars off into mountainous terrain with engine and transmission going full fury, but with the brakes lying on the repair shop floor. Welcome to Obamacare 2014.
A growing number of hospitals and practices are incorporating compliance into a carefully crafted strategic plan that not only reduces the risk of large penalties, but may even provide revenue opportunities.
Some Medicare Advantage plans are responding to continued payment reductions under the Affordable Care Act by decreasing the number of plans and options available in 2014.