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The Council of Accountable Physician Practices, an affiliate of the American Medical Group Association, has announced a new public education program aimed at providing resources and information about the value of care coordination and accountable care to national healthcare reform.
A series of new reports from the RAND Corporation outlines the impact that national healthcare reform will have on individual states, estimating the increased costs and coverage that are expected in five diverse states once reform is fully implemented in 2016.
CHANDLER, AZ - The Managed Care Executive Group, a national organization of U.S. senior health plan executives, met last week in Arizona to discuss the top issues that health plans face in 2011.
Humana Cares recently launched a pilot project aimed at better care for members with congestive heart failure.
The Arizona House approved a measure to restore Medicaid funding for organ transplants and the state Senate was expected to also approve the measure. Governor Jan Brewer took heavy criticism for cutting the money from the sate budget late last year, as the state grappled with a crushing budget deficit.
Palmetto Physician Connections, a new government-sponsored health plan, is launching a medical home care model as it looks to build its managed care business with South Carolina's Healthy Connections Choices Medicaid program.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is seeking feedback from 51 medical associations on how to fix the Sustainable Growth Rate - the formula used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to control Medicare payments to physicians.
The new proposed regulations on accountable care organizations, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services, launch one of the first delivery-reform initiatives to be implemented under the Accountable Care Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing regulations today on accountable care organizations (ACOs).
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.