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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:03 am | April 25, 2013
Presence Health, the largest Catholic health system based in Illinois, has announced it will team with Harris Corporation to implement a new clinical integration platform.
By Chris Anderson | 07:48 am | April 25, 2013
WellPoint Inc., the second largest health insurer in the country, posted first quarter earnings Wednesday that significantly beat analysts estimates largely based on continued light usage of health services.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:48 pm | April 24, 2013
About seven months before the Affordable Care Act's "play or pay" employer responsibility provisions take effect, the Internal Revenue Service is still finalizing regulations for questions like whether seasonal tourism workers or part-time school instructors qualify for coverage and how to calculate hours across corporate structures.
By Chris Anderson | 12:03 pm | April 24, 2013
A new analysis of seven years of consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) membership shows that enrollees in these plans were less likely than those with traditional insurance coverage to be between the ages of 21 and 34 according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:03 pm | April 24, 2013
A new analysis of seven years of consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) membership shows that enrollees in these plans were less likely than those with traditional insurance coverage to be between the ages of 21 and 34 according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).
By Mary Mosquera | 11:51 am | April 24, 2013
The debate about the increasing role of nurse practitioners was taken up by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) early in April, when the commission addressed issues of reimbursement for NPs and other non-physician practitioners.
By Diana Manos | 11:50 am | April 24, 2013
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved Marilyn Tavenner to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Tavenner, who has been temporarily running CMS for the past two years, now faces a full Senate vote before she can officially assume the position of CMS administrator.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:48 am | April 24, 2013
The Senate Finance committee on Tuesday unanimously approved Marilyn Tavenner to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Tavenner, who has been temporarily running CMS for the past two years, now faces a full Senate vote before she can officially assume the CMS Administrator position.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:29 pm | April 23, 2013
Delivering what founder and president Jason Grumet described as "one of the most challenging projects we've undertaken," the Bipartisan Policy Center on April 18 delivered what it hopes will be "a viable political plan to reign in the spiraling costs" of healthcare while also improving quality.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:04 pm | April 23, 2013
CCIIO is trying to clear any confusion on navigators, in-person assistors, application counselors and agents and brokers; small government advocates are making continued arguments against state HIXs; and California gets set to hire 500 for a call center.