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True to the frenetic pace of most Affordable Care Act implementation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is on a tight, occasionally moving deadline for security development and testing of the federal data hub, according to a review by the Office of the Inspector General.
The Connecticut Insurance Department approved four insurers to sell individual and small group health plans in the state exchange, Access Health CT, and in the non-exchange market -- as two other insurers withdrew bids.
As the population ages, the need for people to provide long-term care services is sharply increasing, even as the affordability and availability of LTC insurance is diminishing. The state of Connecticut is taking action.
Insurers are shaping their business strategies to grow and to operate smarter ahead of the Jan. 1 go-live date for many provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
Everyone uses email but doctors continue to show a reluctance to use it to communicate with patients.
If you think calculating the true cost of the ICD-10 transition will be easy, think again.
In a white paper written for the Physicians Foundation, healthcare industry analyst Jeff Goldsmith argued for a subscription model in which patients would pay a monthly fee to their doctor. It's a proposal that set the foundation talking and is sure to result in strong opinions from payers, providers and patients.
A recently-released white paper suggests patients should pay a monthly subscription fee to their doctors.
The provider-owned health plan trend is making a play in New York, with the North Shore-LIJ Insurance Co. Inc., offering a range of commercial insurance plans on and off the state-based health insurance exchange.
Farzad Mostashari, MD, the country's coordinator for healthcare IT, plans on retiring from his post this fall.