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athenahealth and Physicians Practice have released their fifth annual PayerView Rankings, which indicate that health insurers, on average, are paying physicians seven days faster and denying 12 percent to 18 percent fewer claims than last year.
Physicians at the City of Hope Medical Group in Monrovia, Calif., have expressed an "overwhelming loss of confidence" in the administration at the world-renowned cancer center.
Several medical associations are asking the House of Representatives to support the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213), which would help preserve access to physicians for millions of Americans in Medicare and TRICARE until 2014.
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would improve the quality of care in nursing homes and help families make informed decisions about care.
In February, we told you about Insurer Connect, a New Jersey "multi-payer portal," developed by Cambridge-based NaviNet, that would serve as a "one-stop shop" for physicians to communicate directly with an array of health plans. Created in conjunction with AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the healthcare information network seeks to reduce paperwork and communication hassles and, as one health plan executive put it, make "better use of doctors' time."
The American Academy of Physician Assistants and American College of Physicians have released a study that supports the roles played by physicians and physician assistants in improving access to high-quality primary care.
In a transaction guaranteed to shake up the hospice care industry, home health firm Gentiva Health Services will acquire hospice provider Odyssey HealthCare for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1 billion.
The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and one of its former member hospitals, The Christ Hospital, will pay $108 million to settle claims that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is informing Medicare beneficiaries about the immediate benefits they may see from the enactment of the Affordable Care Act.
TransforMED, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians, has announced a new service aimed at helping small primary care practices implement its patient-centered medical home model of care.