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Healthcare providers will be able to apply to participate in one or more of the initial four models to test the use of bundled payments and their incentives for improving patient care and their outcomes, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Consumer driven health plans continued their growth in the past year, though their growth was at a slower rate than in the past, according to preliminary results from the 2011 UBA Health Plan Survey conducted by United Business Advisors.
Revenue cycle management and software services provider PracticeMax announced Monday it has acquired American Billing Services (ABS) of Portland, Ore., expanding its operations and geographical footprint in the northwestern United States.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is sponsoring a contest for new Facebook applications designed to help people prepare for emergencies and get support from friends and family after an emergency occurs.
Most physicians in medical groups saw an increase in compensation from 2010 to 2011, says a survey by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), but that good news was tempered by operating losses.
WellPoint announced today it has completed its acquisition of CareMore Health Group, a provider of Medicare Advantage plans and Special Needs Plans designed for the chronically ill in select California, Nevada and Arizona markets.
Much of the focus in Washington has been on fixing Social Security's retirement system, but the disability system is in much worse shape. The trust fund that supports disability benefits will run out of money by 2017, according to new estimates.
Ignoring months of protests, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday the next steps for an expansion of a competitive bidding program designed to help lower costs for quality durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies.
Quality improvements and lower costs have been touted as benefits of hospital-physician alignment, but such results are not guaranteed says a briefing released by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), a nonpartisan health policy research organization.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will use the cloud computing services of Terremark Federal Group Inc., of Herndon, Va., to support its Healthcare.gov plan finder and the system demands of the health insurance exchange program being created in the 50 states.