Healthcare Finance Staff

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced that the five-year Physician Group Practice Demonstration project has resulted in quality improvements and Medicare savings and resulted in $110 million in incentive payments.

SCI Solutions, a provider of enterprise access management, physician connectivity and front-end revenue management software, is flush with two new investments and a new CEO, and it is on a path to growth, executives announced Tuesday.

Results of a new survey of employers by benefits consulting firm Mercer show that most employers plan to continue offering health insurance coverage to their employees after all the provisions of the Affordable Care Act become effective in 2014.

While many of the causes for readmission are out of a hospital's control, the message is clear, hospitals will be obligated to get involved in the whole spectrum of care for a patient and will be held accountable if patients are readmitted to a hospital within a certain time period, according to a proposed rule expected from CMS.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has fully certified the Massachusetts' Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), according to an announcement issued Aug. 3 by HP Enterprise Services.

Highmark executives announced Thursday that the health insurer intends to team up with West Penn Allegheny Health System, EHR vendor Allscripts and consulting firm Accenture to develop a framework to provide physicians with electronic health records functionality and practice management tools needed to meet the federal government's meaningful use requirements.

At the Healthcare Financial Management Association's recent ANI conference in Orlando, Fla., representatives from Global Healthcare Exchange offered some ideas on how hospitals can reduce their supply spend immediately.