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One of the country's largest Medicaid insurers, AmeriHealth Mercy, has announced plans to equip more than 150 primary care physicians in Pennsylvania with mobile devices that will have access to their patients' health plan-based information, enabling them to keep track of prescriptions and receive important clinical alerts at the point of care.
To aid health entities in managing the HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 mandates, CMS has made available what it's calling "timeline widgets."
As many private practice doctors shutter their offices to join health systems and group practices, subspecialty pediatricians are more often entering private practice. The trend is examined in a new study published this week in the journal Pediatrics.
Anderson, Ind., had the highest per capita healthcare cost for people with commercial health insurance, at $7,231 annually and residents of Odgen-Clearfield, Utah, the lowest at $2,623, according to a new study from Thomson Reuters.
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation will purchase Ascension Orthopedics for approximately $65 million in cash, subject to adjustments, the two companies announced Monday.
Aetna and post-acute care provider Genesis HealthCare have announced an incentive-based contract aimed at rewarding Genesis for creating a coordinated care approach that reduces hospital readmissions for Aetna members.
Independence Blue Cross and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announced a partnership intended to expand Medicaid insurance and services nationally through a combined acquisition of AmeriHealth Mercy, which serves nearly 800,000 Medicaid members in three states.
To rephrase disco-era singer Donna Summer: You work hard for your money, so you better treat it right. And there are lots of ways to do that. But if you’re a high-net worth physician – with assets of $5 million or more – you might want to consider a family office.
Last spring, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the first round of payments for its electronic health record incentive programs. Payments totaling $75 million were distributed to providers who had signed up in the first two weeks of the Medicare incentive program and more than $83 million had been paid to Medicaid providers.