Healthcare Finance Staff
The National Governors Association (NGA) has unveiled a new website, State Health Policy Options, designed to provide a "one-stop shop" for health policy information.
The American Medical Association and the Medical Association of Georgia have joined the state Insurance Commissioner in defending new prompt payment rules for self-funded employer health plans and their third party administrators, amid efforts by America's Health Insurance Plans to prevent the rules from taking effect.
SoloHealth, a consumer-driven healthcare technology company, is developing what it claims to be the nation's largest digital ad platform for retail pharmacy. The technology is already being placed in Walmart and Sam's Club stores across the country.
Missouri-based Centene said Wednesday it is initiating the termination of one of its subsidiary's Medicaid managed care contract in Kentucky.
The U.S. is making strong and fast headway on the adoption of electronic health records, but technology is not enough on its own to reform the nation's healthcare, said National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari at a recent event in Washington, D.C.
The first insurer to release details of its third quarter performance, UnitedHealth Group increased its 2012 outlook Tuesday after posting $27.3 billion in third quarter revenue, with 8 percent year-over-year growth.
State proposals for new dual eligible financial alignment models are currently being considered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as part of the agency's efforts to fix costly and fragmented delivery systems for the roughly 9 million Americans eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
Massachusetts has finalized a memorandum of understanding with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to test the federal agency's capitated financial alignment model for Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible beneficiaries.
Pennsylvania is considering HIX options amid HHS's deadlines. New Jersey lawmakers have passed HIX legislation that has some insurers concerned, and the D.C. exchange wants to be the only venue for small biz and individual plan sales.
A nonprofit in Ohio has been awarded a $129 million loan from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to run a Consumer Oriented and Operated Plan (CO-OP).