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Medical claims denials are a hassle and can lead to financial difficulties and yet so many of them can be easily avoided.
The word is California may end up spending $300 million in insurance exchange advertising, education and outreach -- a sign of just how important insurance enrollment is to the success of the Affordable Care Act.
Since providers must be able to pay rent and staff salaries if the transition to ICD-10 does not flow smoothly, experts advise having up to several months' cash reserves or access to cash to avoid potential headaches.
Medicare patients' chances of being admitted to the hospital or kept for observation depend on what hospital they go to -- even when their symptoms are the same, says a new report by the HHS Inspector General.
Medicare patients' chances of being admitted to the hospital or kept for observation depend on what hospital they go to -- even when their symptoms are the same, says a new report by the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General.
Richard Bracken, CEO and chairman of Hospital Corporation of America, will be retiring as CEO at the end of the year.
In advance of August 1, when drug, device and biological companies, medical supply manufacturers and group purchasing organizations will be required to collect and document marketing expenses under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, pharmaceutical and medical device companies have been preparing but they're still laboring to adapt.
The market for provider reinsurance could see premiums increase 15 to 30 percent this year, according to a survey by the reinsurance brokerage firm ReSource Intermediaries.
Health insurance premiums for individual plans offered through the Maryland Health Connection will be among the lowest of 12 states that have proposed or approved rates.
The Department of Health and Human Services' budget neutrality practices for state Medicaid waivers have occasionally been inconsistent and opaque, according to the Government Accountability Office.