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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted model language for health insurance exchanges designed to provide guidance to individual states as they establish insurance exchanges as required under health reform.
Walgreens has agreed to donate $10 million in vouchers for free flu shots to 350,000 eligible uninsured and underserved people in 15 markets across the country.
Novation, a healthcare supply contracting company, has announced that its Failure-To-Supply Recovery Service saved the members it serves more than $6.5 million in 2010.
Health organizations will undergo a strategy makeover in 2011 as they react to new rules and payment models, continuing cost pressures and new customer demands, according to the "Top Health Industry Issues of 2011," published today by PwC's Health Research Institute.
The Ohio Hospital Association has released its annual community benefit report, which details $2.6 billion in charity care and other benefits the state's hospitals provide to local communities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon be outfitted with new state-of-the-art fraud fighting analytic tools to prevent wasteful and fraudulent payments in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
WellNet Health Plans announced earlier this week partnerships with two of Eastern Pennsylvania's largest provider networks, as the company launches a new self-insurance service aimed at small and mid-sized employers.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it will begin using Medicare's standard payment rates for certain medical procedures performed by non-VA providers on Feb. 16, 2011.
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced new requirements for State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP) grants.
New data from the Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services rose 6.70 percent over the 12 months ending October 2010, a deceleration from the 7.08 percent reported for the 12 months ending in September.