Chris Anderson
A California doctor has sued Anthem Blue Cross, alleging it violated the "Any Willing Provider" law when it denied his application to become a part of Anthem's provider network.
Network Health, whose plans serve low and moderate income families, will offer chronic condition health coaching through a new agreement with Health Integrated.
The nation's pharmaceutical manufacturers will provide 50-percent discounts on the cost of covered brand-name prescription drugs for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D coverage gap - the so-called doughnut hole - starting in 2011.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday that average premiums for the 11 million seniors covered by Medicare Advantage plans will decline by 1 percent in 2011.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has named Harvard Pilgrim Health Care the top-rated private healthcare plan in the United States in its annual rankings, released Sept. 17.
While healthcare providers of all sizes grapple with the upcoming change to a ICD-10 and its more robust method of coding medical procedures and care, providers should also prepare for a sobering reality: Coder productivity is likely to drop significantly in the early months of implementation.
Today is the final day of the Healthcare Finance News Virtual Conference & Expo. While there are fewer sessions today, that should provide attendees with the opportunity to come by the exhibit hall to hear about the offerings of our nine exhibitors. Hall hours today are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CDT.
The Healthcare Finance News Virtual Conference & Expo opens today and continues tomorrow. While there is no shortage of valuable sessions, dropping in on just presentations without stopping by the exhibition hall may limit your ability to get all you can from the event.
Most purchasing managers have a firm handle on what they spend for supplies, as well as ways to save a few pennies per unit on items like syringes.
With a dozen education sessions and opening and closing keynote addresses at the Healthcare Finance News Virtual Conference & Expo running Wednesday and Thursday, there is no shortage of valuable and actionable information to help make your businesses better prepared for the upcoming changes in healthcare. Yet limiting yourself to just the sessions without dropping by the exhibition hall may limit your ability to get all you can from the event.