Chris Anderson
The MED Group has launched a new website aimed at answering Medicare beneficiaries' questions and offering sources for durable medical equipment under the new competitive bidding rules that took effect on January 1.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched the first phase of its Physician Compare website, which provides online tools aimed at helping Medicare beneficiaries and other consumers choose doctors in their communities.
In a move that dramatically changes how it pays end-stage renal disease facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday issued a final rule that will allow payment adjustments based on how well facilities meet dialysis performance standards.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has announced that it will refocus its community involvement and charity efforts in four areas: Healthy child development, education enrichment, healthy environments and family nutrition and sustainable healthcare.
Citing low reimbursement rates that could threaten its ability to provide medical care to all patients, Appalachian Regional Healthcare on Monday filed a lawsuit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and its Bureau for Medical Services for inadequate Medicaid reimbursement rates.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has awarded $206 million in bonus payments to 15 sates that have made significant progress in increasing the number of children enrolled in Medicaid.
In a war of words that has implications for Pennsylvania's budget crisis, Governor Edward Rendell on Monday released data from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report that showed the state's Medicaid error rate was 4.07 percent, much lower than the rate in excess of 15 percent claimed last month by Auditor General Jack Wagner.
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules aimed at delivering new transparency and scrutiny to health insurance rate increases. Under the proposed rules the HHS will work with states to require health insurers to provide information for "unreasonable" rate hikes.
In the latest attempt to take over Tenet Healthcare, Community Health Systems has announced plans to nominate directors for election at Tenet's 2011 annual shareholder meeting.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted model language for health insurance exchanges designed to provide guidance to individual states as they establish insurance exchanges as required under health reform.