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When it comes to paying for new procedures or new ways of delivering care, private insurers often keep their eyes on payment policies from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. If CMS begins compensation for a service, the private payers will likely follow. But that rule of thumb may not apply in the new world of reimbursing for telemedicine and telehealth services.
Venture capital funding is alive and well in the digital health sector, according to the experts. But that doesn't mean every Tom, Dick and Harriet with a telehealth proposal is going to get it.
Electronic health records, when used correctly, produce more accurate documentation leading to more complete coding, and ultimately, more accurate reimbursement claims, according to Sue Bowman, senior director of coding policy and compliance of the American Health Information Management Association.
U.S. medical schools are on track to increase their enrollment 30 percent by 2017, according to results of the annual Medical School Enrollment Survey conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Center for Workforce Studies, released Thursday.
On Wednesday, insurer and managed care company Humana Inc. reported a significant increase in earnings for the first quarter of 2013 based on lower utilization of medical services and out performance by virtually all sectors of the company's business.
Cigna Corp. announced its net earnings fell to $57 million or 20 cents per share in the first quarter 2013 down from $371 million or $1.28 per share last year, largely the result of a previously announced $507 million charge from its Febraury reinsurance deal with Berkshire Hathaway.
Patient Privacy Rights appointed Adrian Gropper, MD as its first chief technology officer. Gropper is an expert in the regulated medical device field, an experienced medical informatics executive, and he has a long record of contributing to the development of state and national health information standards, according to a PPR news release.
During the month of April, the healthcare industry continued to add jobs, gaining 19,000 new positions, according to the new employment data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
West Virginia is the latest state deciding to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, opening the state-federal insurance program to an additional 91,500 low-income residents, while also expanding managed care.
Collaborations between primary care and behavioral health providers are not new but the leaders of two such organizations believe their newly formed joint venture is a winning formula.