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Medicaid managed care and other health plans should prepare for anticipated churn of members who will likely fall into and out of eligibility of expanded Medicaid and subsidized coverage once health insurance exchanges launch in 2014.
A new initiative whereby Medicare will work with commercial and state health insurance plans to offer additional support to primary care doctors aimed at improving care coordination for patients was kicked off on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) is collaborating with health technology company Allscripts to roll out electronic health records to more than 750 North Carolina physicians, including more than 150 physicians in 39 free clinics, allowing them to connect to the statewide health information exchange.
Consumer Reports notes that patients are avoiding filling prescriptions and seeing the doctor due to financial pressures.
Health insurance premiums for families covered through their employers rose an average of 9 percent in 2010 and the average price for a family policy now exceeds $15,000 per year according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Two new toolboxes came to market Tuesday, aiming to help providers manage the sprawling ICD-10 conversion.
3M Health Information Systems introduced its 360 Encompass System, while Contexo unveiled the ICD-10 Preparation Analyzer.
Premiums for employer-provided health insurance, where 150 million Americans get their coverage, jumped 9 percent in 2011 while workers' wages grew just 2 percent, according to our annual employer survey. The average family policy now costs more than $15,000 per year, more than the cost of a Chevy Aveo or a Ford Fiesta. Since we began doing this survey thirteen years ago, worker contributions to premiums have increased 168 percent, wages 50 precent, and inflation 38 percent.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to establish an appeals process for the Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive program.
A new report from human resources consulting firm Aon Hewitt and healthcare consulting firm Polakoff Boland says employer interest in accountable care organizations is ramping up as they seek new ways to continue offering healthcare benefits to employees.
They might be late to the Health 2.0 party, they said. However, a panel of employers and healthcare insurers at the Health 2.0 conference on Monday made it clear they are ready to play.