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The provider-owned health plan trend is making a play in New York, with the North Shore-LIJ Insurance Co. Inc., offering a range of commercial insurance plans on and off the state-based health insurance exchange.
Farzad Mostashari, MD, the country's coordinator for healthcare IT, plans on retiring from his post this fall.
When media organizations noticed a 606-page final rule on health insurance exchanges released the day after the July 4 holiday, a section that appears to allow exchanges to use income "self-attestation" jumped out.
Despite the fact that patients are clamoring for it and health organizations see its benefits, electronic communication from primary care physicians won't become commonplace until doctors' workloads are reduced – or they get paid extra for emails and phone calls.
Errors in manual claims processing are a big problem. While underpayments lead to complaints and rework, overpayments may go unnoticed and cost far more.
The apparent slowdown of the growth of healthcare spending has been noted by many in the healthcare industry, the policy world and economists. But what is causing it and how long it will last is unknown.
The apparent slowdown of the growth of healthcare spending has been noted by many in the healthcare industry, the policy world and economists. But what is causing it and how long it will last is unknown.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that hospitals will see a slight increase in Medicare payments in 2014.
Hospitals will see a slight increase in Medicare payments in 2014 announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in a final rule released Friday.
Medicare will levy $227 million in fines against hospitals in every state but one for the second round of the government's campaign to reduce the number of patients readmitted within a month, according to federal records released Friday.