Reimbursement
I have been following the news about the National Security Agency (NSA) access to our phone records with great interest. If we as a society don't sort some of this out, we'll see a repeat in the health sector a few years from now.
Some insurers were slow to adopt digital payments in 2012 and the ICD-10 precursor conversion ANSI 5010 reduced some claims resolution, the EHR and medical billing company athenahealth found in its annual review of payer data.
Hoping to get consumers the best prices, the Obama administration is negotiating with insurers looking to sell policies in online health insurance marketplaces this fall, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday.
Practices find that preparing for new payment models with insurers, the uncertainty of Medicare reimbursement rates and the difficulty in collecting from self-pay, high deductible patients are top challenges in annual survey.
Physician executives say that dealing with rising operating costs and preparing for new payment models that put more financial risk on their practice are the top challenges they face in running a group practice, according to the latest MGMA-ACMPE survey released Tuesday.
A recent survey published in JAMA Internal Medicine has shown that hospital performances on publicly reported conditions may potentially signify overall hospital mortality rates.
Aetna launched its first accountable care organization for Medicare Advantage patients in 2007, before the Affordable Care Act expanded ACOs and before U.S. healthcare had really conceptualized "patient engagement," the flip side of provider accountability.
The 19-hospital Bon Secours Health System has teamed up with health insurance giant Aetna on a new accountable care agreement that officials say will support some 57,000 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries across five states.
Some senior citizens may be getting over-vaccinated, according a study by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
While consumers indicated in a recent survey that they like the bundled care model, a new survey on provider attitudes towards bundles finds mixed reviews.