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Two sets of new provider alliances demonstrate how Central Florida health systems are reducing costs and deepening care coordination by extending their capabilities.
Two new provider alliances demonstrate how Central Florida health systems are reducing costs and deepening care coordination by extending their capabilities.
With implementation of the Affordable Care Act fast approaching, the eligibility process could be primed for an overhaul. As potentially millions more patients line up for care, there will likely be an increased need for providers to verify eligibility and patient financial responsibility before procedures or examinations are performed.
With implementation of the Affordable Care Act fast approaching, the eligibility process could be queuing up for an overhaul.
The U.S. Census Bureau found more people gaining health insurance in 19 states in 2011, but still with many disparities across ethnicities and income.
A new poll conducted by the American College of Physician Executives has found that doctors are almost evenly divided on whether or not their Medicare payment data should be made public.
CMS is applying a 1.8 percent payment update to IRF PPS rates for FY 2014, derived from a 2.6 percent market basket update that is reduced by a 0.5 percentage point multi-factor productivity adjustment and an additional 0.3 percentage point reduction as required by the ACA.
The Obama administration has published the last major rule that it needed to finalize before the opening of the health insurance exchanges Oct. 1. The exchange program integrity rule generally finalizes policies it proposed in January and June.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will lead to an increase in health insurance coverage and higher enrollment among people who purchase individual policies, but there will be no widespread premium increase in the individual health insurance market, according to a new study by health policy research firm RAND Corporation.
The Internal Revenue Service has published the final rule for the individual mandate, one of the most controversial elements of the Affordable Care Act, adding more detail and clarifying some areas around what comprises minimum essential coverage and the shared responsibility to obtain health insurance.