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Palmetto Physician Connections, a new government-sponsored health plan, is launching a medical home care model as it looks to build its managed care business with South Carolina's Healthy Connections Choices Medicaid program.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is seeking feedback from 51 medical associations on how to fix the Sustainable Growth Rate - the formula used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to control Medicare payments to physicians.
The new proposed regulations on accountable care organizations, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services, launch one of the first delivery-reform initiatives to be implemented under the Accountable Care Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing regulations today on accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Health Language, Inc. (HLI), which specializes in medical and administrative terminology management, announced Thursday that the Chicago-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has selected HLI as a preferred vendor to help Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies transition smoothly and efficiently from ICD-9 to ICD-10 by the Oct. 1, 2013, deadline mandated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a health IT strategic plan for 2011 through 2015 for public review on Friday afternoon, and already comments are beginning to flow via online posts, where ONC is taking comments through April 22.
A new study by the Rand Corporation indicates people on high-deductible health plans significantly reduce their healthcare spending - but they're also cutting back on preventive care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reminding healthcare providers that attestation for the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program begins on April 18.
More than 100 nursing homes in New York are suing the state for Medicaid reimbursements that haven't been updated as required by a 2006 law. The lawsuit alleges the state has not "re-based" payment calculations that would use more recent cost data to make reimbursement calculations.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to develop a health insurance assistance database to keep track of consumer questions about the health reform law.