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Amid the public debate about the affordability of healthcare and insurance, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is using new media tools like infographics to explain regulatory and market issues, hoping to reach news savvy consumers inside and outside the Washington Beltway.
When patients have access to after-hours services with their primary care provider, emergency room usage is significantly lower and fewer patients go without needed medical care, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) released last week by Health Affairs.
States must provide a blueprint of their plans to the Health and Human Services Department by the end of the day Dec. 14 for how they will create their state-based health insurance exchanges.
California appeals court OKs Medi-Cal cuts; Medicaid pay raise for doctors met with dissatisfaction in Georgia; and two insurers sue Washington state over Medicaid allocation in this week's Medicaid Digest.
On the heels of the Supreme Court's historic 5-4 decision last June to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA), payers and others within the healthcare industry must redouble efforts to comply with the law's information technology requirements. The coming year promises to be one in which health IT deployment reaches never-before-seen heights. The onus is on executives and leaders to encourage IT adoption and the collaboration it can enable.
The Denver-based health IT company HealthTrio has filed a software patent infringement lawsuit against Aeta and two of its technology subsidiaries.
Eleven Republican governors sent a letter to President Barack Obama Thursday requesting a meeting to discuss the details and costs associated with Medicaid expansion as outlined in the Affordable Care Act.
Eleven Republican governors sent a letter to President Barack Obama Thursday requesting a meeting to discuss the details and costs associated with Medicaid expansion as outlined in the Affordable Care Act.
Bundled payment and payment reform in general are hot topics in healthcare circles, and will prove to be a challenge for many. Jay Sultan, thought leader for payment reform at TriZetto, a healthcare management solutions company, shared with Healthcare Finance News five key ideas for hospital leaders to consider in order to break barriers to successfully implement payment reform at their organizations.
Just as the final tally was coming in for state decisions on health insurance exchanges, the Department of Health and Human Services sent an HIX FAQ to all 50 governors, trying to explain aspects of exchanges that've puzzled some state lawmakers and insurance regulators for months.