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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is sending some sunshine in the direction of primary care providers. In a proposed rule issued July 6, CMS is offering payment increases for family physicians and other primary care providers as well as proposals to better pay for the range of care primary care providers give patients.
In a bid that will nearly double the number of members it serves in the Medicaid market, WellPoint Inc. today announced it will acquire managed care company Amerigroup for $92 per share or roughly $4.9 billion.
A lawsuit filed July 3 by doctors and medical groups including the Los Angeles County Medical Association and the California Medical Association accuses health insurer Aetna of systematically threatening to deny coverage to members who receive out-of-network referrals for healthcare.
As healthcare organizations prepare for the ICD-10 conversion, everyone knows there will be challenges. And while much of the focus has been on the difficulties of hands-on implementation, financial managers are not likely to make it through unscathed.
While news outlets pointed out the disappointing June jobs numbers Friday, the healthcare sector continued to add jobs, gaining more than 13,000.
An individual who wants to obtain health coverage through Medicaid, health plans on the coming insurance exchanges or help with paying for them will fill out a single online application for any of the programs in 2014.
A California lawsuit filed July 3 by a number of medical groups including the Los Angeles County Medical Association and the California Medical Association accuses health insurer Aetna of regularly and systematically threatening to deny coverage to members who receive out-of-network referrals for healthcare.
Some standard political campaign ploys are not going to cut it this campaign season say campaign watchers -- at least when coupled with the issue of healthcare.
The eHealth Initiative (eHI) has concerns that the proposed regulations for health information exchange could unintentionally stifle innovation and hinder the growth of data exchange.
CMS fears seniors may not be taking advantage of the information available to them because the process is too complex to navigate.