Healthcare Finance Staff
Robust healthcare IT systems able to specifically classify treatments based on an individual patient's profile are vital for payers in order to properly manage value-based benefits according to Mark Fendrick, co-director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, and other industry experts - representing health plans, government and service providers - all speaking Monday at the AHIP Fall Forum.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded QuadraMed a five-year, $211 million contract to implement its Quantim coding, compliance and abstracting solution.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced 40 percent more funding to support states in streamlining and upgrading their Medicaid eligibility systems and health insurance exchanges.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a final rule that will implement key provisions in the Affordable Care Act to expand preventive services for Medicare beneficiaries.
IBM has created a new Federal Community Cloud designed to help government organizations, such as the Department of Health & Human Services, respond to technology requirements more quickly and at lower cost.
IDC Health Insights announced Tuesday the launch of a new research advisory service that examines the evolving connected health market.
Anthem Blue Cross has announced the launch of a new website in California designed to provide reliable, up-to-the-minute information to women about health issues specific to them.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is weighing what quality measures to use for a website it is developing to help consumers compare physicians, an offering that is required under the health reform law enacted earlier this year.
Paul Kacik is Managing Director, McGladrey Capital Markets, Costa Mesa, Calif.
David G. Daniel, Chief executive officer, Lakeland Surgical & Diagnostic Center, Lakeland Fla.