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One area in which Congress has acted in a bipartisan manner is in crafting a permanent solution to the “doc fix,” the sustainable growth rate formula.
The role of the healthcare CFO is dramatically changing and expanding. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the position specifications that leading organizations are drafting as they search for their next financial leader.
With healthcare reform generating so many unknowns, many hospital administrators are looking for ways to build up cash reserves as a defense against worst-case reimbursement scenarios.
Health insurers have reached out to consumers in a blitz of in-person, online and networked information and events so those who need coverage or want to change their current individual coverage will know how to connect with and be comfortable with the health insurance exchanges.
Large and small providers and payers enlist a variety of strategies to develop accountable care organizations and other value-based models.
The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land and is undeniably changing the landscape of healthcare in the United States. It is forcing hospitals, physicians and payers to restructure the manner in which healthcare is delivered, services coordinated and costs more effectively managed.
Low-cost standalone prescription drug plans for Medicare Part D have been growing in market share, accounting for 16 percent of drug plans, according to an analysis of federal data by Avalere Health.
Insuring more people as a direct result of the Affordable Care Act will bump up national health spending in 2014 to a 6.1 percent growth rate, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. But for private health insurance, the spending growth rate will more than double.
Cigna will begin using MyFitnessPal's nutrition, physical activity and weight management platform to enhance its coaching programs. It's a way for the payer to support and meet members where they are as they try to manage their health.
A recently unsealed lawsuit alleges that Vanderbilt Medical Center has been systematically billing Medicare fraudulent charges for at least a decade.