Susan Morse
As ICD-10 approaches, healthcare providers are worried that lapses in coder productivity could cost them money, according to an Advisory Board Company report published Tuesday.
No changes have been announced at those facilities but consumers can expect to see an advertising campaign featuring NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, the former University of Tennessee football standout who serves as the brand spokesman, according to Tennova.
Consumers will earn Walgreens Balance Rewards points for enrolling in and funding accounts, activating benefit debit cards, making purchases using their cards, or by participating in healthy activities such as walking, biking and weight management.
The sale by Health Diagnostics ends a decline that began with a whistleblower-based federal investigation into claims the cardiovascular testing laboratory, along with Singulex Inc. of California, paid physicians kickbacks for patient referrals.
Enrollment figures released this week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid show close to 10 million people have signed up for insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace, as of June 30.
CMS said 9.9 million individuals had paid their premiums and had an active policy by the end of June.
As a Standard & Poor's report finds many insurers are missing the mark on their risk-adjustment predictions, a new partnership between population health management consultant Evolent Health and Health Fidelity, which develops technology to steer providers towards value-based care, aims to fill the gap.
Legislators on Thursday were split on the Affordable Care Act's effect on provider and payer competition in the healthcare marketplace in the the first of several hearings to be held by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law.
The Columbus Regional Hospital System in Georgia has agreed to pay the state and federal governments $25 million, and potentially another $10 million, to resolve allegations that it overbilled Medicare and paid kickbacks to a medical director for referrals, according to Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens in a Sept. 4 announcement.
IRS rules for curbing collections abuse among nonprofit hospitals are not specific enough and should also include for-profit providers, according to a new report in the AMA Journal of Ethics that blasts healthcare providers over some of their billing practices.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday announced a plan to reduce disparities in healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries who belong to minority population, live with a disability or who reside in a rural area.