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At the end of last week, University Hospitals (UH) and EMH Healthcare (EMH) announced that they had signed a letter of intent to officially undergo an integration that will add EMH to the UH health system.
Insurers will offer consumers more choices for individual health plans than they do now when state-based health insurance exchanges open for enrollment in October, according to an analysis from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The increased competition may also drive down prices.
Data from 10 states that will offer more health plans in the non-group market on their health insurance exchanges may also lower prices, according to analysis from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Two Congressmen are calling for an inspector general investigation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' durable medical equipment competitive bidding, after reports of contracts awarded to companies not in compliance with program guidelines.
The acquisition is valued at $4.3 billion and includes the assumption of $2.5 billion in Vanguard debt, as the sector continues to consolidate in the face of the Affordable Care Act.
A recent study published in the Medicare & Medicaid Research Review concludes that use of ambulatory EHRs by community providers resulted in both higher and lower Medicaid costs.
A recent study published in the Medicare & Medicaid Research Review concludes that use of ambulatory EHRs by community providers resulted in both higher and lower Medicaid costs.
You'd be forgiven for thinking revenue cycle management technology is a bit, well, boring. You'd also be wrong. The coming years are going to see some big changes in the way hospitals get paid -- and the IT they use to track when and how they get paid is going to have to change as well.
Testing for ICD-10 could cost big money, but failing to test could cost more, Mark Lott told an audience attending the HIMSS Media ICD-10 Forum this week.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a law requiring providers to publicly display the prices of their most common services and changing the state's Medicaid reimbursement methodology.