Reimbursement
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions have announced the launch of a joint program aimed at improving cancer treatment using clinical pathways.
A panel discussion taking place at MGMA-ACMPE's annual conference in San Antonio Monday morning focused on the state of healthcare with an eye toward the future.
Nebraska's top insurance regulator says HHS HIX rules are still hard to intrepret, and the state's governor wants federally-funded HSAs. In Vermont, the Chamber of Commerce has launched a private HIX.
Reimbursement models are used by payers, hospitals, physicians and ancillary care providers to furnish data to healthcare payment contract negotiations. The many changes taking place across the healthcare landscape are forcing payers and providers dependent upon these models to deal with new challenges.
OZ Systems announced Friday that it has implemented a new platform at two Texas hospitals to speed birth notifications and follow-up care for newborns, while supporting meaningful use.
Wisconsin managed Medicaid program strains under cuts; Mississippi latest southern state to say it won't expand Medicaid; and California shifts 860,000 kids to Medicaid in this week's Medicaid Digest.
Physician groups in five states are poised to expand their participation in a Cigna-led accountable care program, with two additional states slated to newly join the collaborative, officials announced Oct. 18.
The National Governors Association (NGA) has unveiled a new website, State Health Policy Options, designed to provide a "one-stop shop" for health policy information.
Three out of 10 patients who receive a kidney transplant require readmission to the hospital within 30 days of discharge after the initial surgery, finds a new analysis of national data, but better outpatient monitoring may prevent such readmissions.
The American Medical Association and the Medical Association of Georgia have joined the state Insurance Commissioner in defending new prompt payment rules for self-funded employer health plans and their third party administrators, amid efforts by America's Health Insurance Plans to prevent the rules from taking effect.