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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in tandem with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, issued a request for information this week -- wanting to hear from providers and vendors as the agencies look to reduce the burden of reporting clinical quality measures.
The Commonwealth Fund has released its 2015 scorecard measuring the performance of health systems state by state, showing many regions are improving on key metrics.
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Well-known repeat offenders include Kaiser Permanente, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Walgreensand Walmart.
WellCare is a provider of managed care services for government-sponsored healthcare programs; CVS health is the nation's second-largest PBM company, and will administer pharmacy benefits and process claims for about 3.8 million WellCare members who participate in the company's nationwide Medicare, Medicaid and Prescription Drug Plan programs.
Sentencing continues for family members involved in a Medicare Part D fraud scheme that bilked the system for more than $20 million and saw its perpetrators using the funds to buy luxury cars and fund other businesses, said the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida.
With the addition of La Porte and Starke hospitals, Community Health Systems of Franklin, Tennessee will operate 11 hospitals in Indiana.
Health plans reimbursed customers approximately $478 million in 2014, translating to about $129 per family receiving a refund, according to data aggregation firm Mark Farrah Associates.
Six million renew plans while 2.5 million are newly insured through marketplace.
Sixty percent return to Healthcare.gov for coverage.