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Florida's Senate Health Regulation Committee unanimously approved a bill yesterday that would shift the bulk of the state's Medicaid recipients into HMOs and other types of managed-care organizations.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released regulations today on accountable care organizations (ACOs). The rules will guide provider organizations in setting up exchanges of healthcare data to improve care and reduce costs, as mandated under the Affordable Care Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing regulations today on accountable care organizations (ACOs).
The HIMSS Medical Banking Project G7 Roundtable, a specialized think-tank of healthcare stakeholders, has released two new reports on accountable care organizations and real time adjudication of claims.
Health Language, Inc. (HLI), which specializes in medical and administrative terminology management, announced Thursday that the Chicago-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has selected HLI as a preferred vendor to help Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies transition smoothly and efficiently from ICD-9 to ICD-10 by the Oct. 1, 2013, deadline mandated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Nautic Partners LLC, a Providence-based private equity firm, has acquired Reliant Hospital Partners, LLC, a Dallas-based operator of seven rehabilitation facilities.
Two studies released in March within a week of each other demonstrate the importance of higher nursing staff levels to patient outcomes, and, indirectly, to managing healthcare costs.
Consumer Watchdog, a non-partisan consumer advocacy group, announced Tuesday that it has called on the Obama administration to make health reform waivers "the exception, not the rule."
A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation on the effects of raising Medicare's eligibility age to 67 in 2014 shows that while the federal government would achieve $7.5 billion in savings, the move would also result in $10.1 billion in extra costs for 65- and 66-year-olds and employer-sponsored retiree healthcare costs.
Five healthcare systems in the Central Atlantic region have united to form the Central Atlantic Health Network, a supply purchasing collaborative.