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The Rural Health Clinic Accreditation Program provides a framework to help rural health clinics standardize care delivery.
"It would be political malpractice for Congress to sit on its hands and not respond to this report," says AMA president.
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A recent survey shows more than half of consumers struggle with out-of-pocket healthcare costs, but offering payment options can help patients manage cost.
"We expect benefit levels, planned stability and choice for seniors to be negatively impacted by the final MA rate notice," says CEO Bruce Broussard.
Bridges Health Partners says Aetna profited from value-based contract manipulation.
Witnesses and members of Congress slam insurers for making money while providers struggle.
The complaint alleges that Regeneron fraudulently inflated Medicare reimbursement rates for a retinal disease drug.
<p>This includes large print, braille, audio recordings and the newest piece, providing documents in the dominant language, says Ernie Crawford, president and CEO of Crawford Technologies.<br />
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The AHA is also concerned about a proposed mandatory model for five clinical episodes.
Eighty percent of practices have lost revenue due to unpaid claims, say respondents to an AMA survey.