Frank Irving

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Aug. 7 released an interim final rule for making healthcare claim payments electronically and describing adjustments to claim payments. The department expects this next step in the adoption of operating rules to save up to $9 billion over the next 10 years.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is sending some sunshine in the direction of primary care providers. In a proposed rule issued July 6, CMS is offering payment increases for family physicians and other primary care providers as well as proposals to better pay for the range of care primary care providers give patients.

Healthcare businesses seeking an assessment of their exposure to financial risk in relation to ICD-10 compliance have a new online tool at their disposal. The HIMSS ICD-10 Task Force and Jvion, a healthcare compliance technology and services organization, announced on June 27 the release of their collaboratively developed ICD-10 Financial Risk Calculator.

The American College of Physicians (ACP) and Consumer Reports announced a patient education collaboration on April 19 at Internal Medicine 2012 in New Orleans.

A new directive in California is set to save doctors and other medical providers millions.

A report on personalized medicine finds that doctors support the use of genetic testing to help diagnose disease and target prevention, but they are concerned about the costs of those tests.

Leading up to Tuesday's primary in Tennessee, Republican candidates have focused on repealing the ACA as a big part of the party's economic agenda.