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WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kerry D-Mass and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced the Empowered at Home Act with the intent of increasing access to home- and community-based services....
Miami physician Ronald Harris, MD, and Miami resident Mariela Rodriguez have each pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program of $37 million using faulty HIV infusion clinics, according to Actin...
WASHINGTON – Thirty states will share more than $49 million in grants awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services to support their high-risk pools.More than 200,000 individua...
EAGAN, MN – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is waiving co-pays for members who use retail health clinics. “Part of the initiative is to optimize care delivery and keep pre...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has developed a new guide to help technology innovators navigate Medicare coverage, coding and payment requirements. The guide called the &quo...
Study: safety net providers protecting bottom lineSafety net providers struggling with an increase in the uninsured are looking for creative ways to shore up their margins, according to a...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – The Department of Health and Human Services plans to expand a national network of local organizations, called chartered value exchanges (CVEs), that will have access...
The 110th Congress is in its summer recess, and the usual calm before the storm is hovering over Washington. Fall always brings a harvest of legislative activity as lawmakers strive to deliver on prom...
In a move that heralds sweeping change in how medical bills are coded, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced a proposal to begin using ICD-10 code sets effective Oct. 1, 2011....
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Government health insurers overpay specialists compared to primary care doctors and “exacerbate the shortage of primary care physicians,” according to a study by Harv...