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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska is challenging the state's decision to switch insurance companies for state employees to UnitedHealthcare - a decision worth $184 million annually.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has called on the Department of Health and Human Services to "quickly and decisively" set a compliance date for ICD-10.
Healthcare reform is by far the most dissected, discussed and debated topic in the medical industry. Federally mandated healthcare legislation, and the yet to be determined detailed fine print, influences every decision a hospital executive considers on a daily basis.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday that consumers will soon begin receiving unprecedented information on the value of their health insurance coverage, and some will receive rebates from insurance companies that spend less than 80 percent of their premium dollars on healthcare.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday that consumers will soon begin receiving unprecedented information on the value of their health insurance coverage, and some will receive rebates from insurance companies that spend less than 80 percent of their premium dollars on healthcare.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that 2,000 hospitals and 41,000 physicians have received $3.1 billion in incentive payments for the meaningful use of certified electronic health records (EHRs).
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius confirmed Wednesday that they will change the ICD-10 timeline.
This week, President Obama released a $3.8 trillion budget plan that would construct $360 billion in savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs over a span of 10 years. The cuts are familiar to most, yet some democrats oppose numbers included in the proposal.
Christine Eibner, an economist and director of the Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts Microsimulation Modeling Initiative at the RAND Corporation in Arlington, Va, is the lead author of a study published in the February edition of the journal Health Affairs, which analyzed two rules -- allowing employers to self-insure or maintain grandfathered health insurance plans -- to avoid participating in health reform and how they might impact the future cost of health insurance.
The case for leapfrogging ICD-10 and holding out for ICD-11 just got a lot more curious. And though it's not here yet, when ICD-11 is ready, it will be something ICD-10 cannot: A 21st Century classification system.