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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted $109 million Tuesday for states and the District of Columbia to fund reviews of health insurance rate hikes.
The thrust behind higher healthcare spending in the United States on primary care and orthopedics versus in other countries is higher physician fees says a new study published in Health Affairs earlier this month.
An August 2011 survey by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) shows that the number of organizations that have begun either planning or implementation of the transition to ICD-10 has risen to 85 percent, a significant uptick from the 62 percent reported one year ago.
Health plans Aetna, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and United Healthcare will furnish de-identified claims data to new Health Care Cost Institute to analyze cost and use drivers.
President Obama's deficit reduction plan announced yesterday proposes to save $248 billion from Medicare and $72 billion from Medicaid, and other health programs hinged on legislative action fixing the Sustainable Growth Rate. Healthcare organizations say the proposed savings will be detrimental.
A new health research initiative called the Health Care Cost Institute was launched Tuesday, providing researchers and policymakers access to medical claims data from four major insurers and the federal government in order to offer new insights into healthcare costs, utilization and intensity.
When 4,000 NUHW workers strike this week at Kaiser Permanente facilities, they will be joined by 17,000 registered nurses from the California Nurses Association and 2,000 members of the Stationary Engineers, Local 39. NUHW representatives are saying the strike will be the largest in Kaiser history.
While many in the industry liken the ICD-10 compliance date to flipping a switch, there will be a tricky subset of claims that "span the implementation date."
Throughout his career – as a pediatrician, Harvard professor and now CMS administrator – Donald Berwick has been a fan of quality guru W. Edwards Deming.
Steward Health Care System, the largest integrated community care organization and community hospital network in New England, announced last week that it is teaming with Tufts Health Plan to create a community hospital network health plan aimed at dramatically deceasing health insurance costs for small businesses.