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The use of retail clinics for medical services is on the rise, according to a new survey from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information, which reports 21.3 percent of U.S. adults have visited a retail clinic, up from about 10 percent six years ago.
More than 350 healthcare, patient, veterans and business organizations on Tuesday urged Congressional leaders to reject any proposal to turn the Medicare Part D plan into one that resembles the rebates structure of Medicaid drug programs.
Consumer-directed health plans with high deductibles typically exempt recommended preventive care such as annual physicals or screening tests from the plan's deductible or require only a small copay as a way to ease financial barriers and encourage patients to seek care. However, many patients don't understand their plan benefits for preventative office care and tend to avoid visits altogether.
In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last week, 18 Democratic senators and senators-elect requested a delay in the medical device tax, a 2.3 percent tax that is slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013 as part of the Affordable Care Act.
United Health Foundation's 2012 America's Health Rankings revealed that while Americans are living longer, unhealthy behaviors and preventable illnesses threaten quality of life and add to healthcare costs.
In what's been billed as one of the first commercial accountable care programs in Florida, Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System will team up with the state's Blue Cross and Blue Shield Company to participate in the Florida Blue Accountable Care Program.
HealthEdge, which develops software for payers, has acquired Click4Care, a firm that specializes in care management technology for health insurers.
Use of prepayment edits saved Medicare at least $1.76 billion in fiscal year 2010, but a new study by the Government Accountability Office found that savings could have been greater had the edits been more widely used.
Healthcare, business leaders urge Congress to keep hands off Medicare Part D in fiscal cliff negoti…
A diverse group of more than 350 healthcare, patient, veterans and business organizations on Tuesday urged Congressional leaders to reject any proposal to turn the Medicare Part D plan into one that resembles the rebates structure of Medicaid drug programs.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is investigating Minnesota's Medicaid managed care payment rates to HMOs between 2008 and 2009.