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Employees buying health insurance in private exchanges, with defined contributions from their employers, tend to choose plans with lower premiums and higher deductibles, according to data published by the private insurance exchange Liazon.
The administrative director of a Columbus, Ga., cancer clinic has filed a whistleblower lawsuit, alleging violations of the False Claims Act for "systematically" overbilling Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE with widespread upcoding and shoddy documentation practices.
Many state health insurance exchanges will show a high level of plan competition and attract multiple insurers, based on the experience of six states, according to a new report released Friday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
As nearly every industry in the country has struggled in the recent recession, healthcare has bucked the trend, continually adding jobs and helping to fuel the country's economic recovery.
In "How a Blog Held Off the Most Powerful Union in America," author Paul Levy, former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, provides a detailed look at how unions use corporate campaigns and how one health center used social media to neutralize such tactics. He talked to Healthcare Finance News about his book.
A recent study indicates that if four bad habits were reduced, the United States could save nearly $13.4 billion in cancer treatment costs.
UnitedHealthcare announced Wednesday that the company will double its number of accountable care contracts over the next five years, representing more than $50 billion of reimbursements by 2017.
The integrated care model has been touted as being able to deliver better care for patients and lower costs and improve efficiencies for the healthcare system but a recent study of the model in the United Kingdom by RAND Europe reports lukewarm results.
The integrated care model has been touted as being able to deliver better care for patients and lower costs and improve efficiencies for the healthcare system. A recent study of the model in the United Kingdom by RAND Europe suggests that it does indeed provide benefits, but those benefits are most likely perceived by healthcare professionals rather than by their patients, and cost savings were minimal.
Insurer WellPoint will pay a $1.7 million fine to the federal government to settle potential HIPAA violations, announced the Health and Human Services Department said late Thursday.