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Managed care organizations continued to lose commercial health plan members between July 2009 and January 2010, but that decrease was only about half the size of the decrease experienced during the first half of 2009, according to HealthLeaders-InterStudy.
Government officials announced a new $250 million federal investment to increase the number of primary care professionals such as physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants and public health workers.
Four separate indictments, charging 17 individuals, have been handed down in New York in an investigation into large healthcare fraud and money laundering schemes.
The Government Accountability Office has identified five key areas for preventing Medicare fraud, waste and abuse. In a June 15 report, the GAO said its recommendations would also help the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reduce improper payments.
Inverness Medical Solutions, the Atlanta-based provider of rapid point-of-care diagnostics, announced a rebranding effort during America's Health Insurance Plans Institute 2010 last week in Las Vegas. Company officials say the move to bring everything under the Alere umbrella more closely aligns the diagnostics business with the its health management business unit.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's June 2010 Report to Congress, released Monday, emphasizes the need for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to be a more "innovative purchaser of healthcare."
The Tenet Healthcare Corporation has raised its outlook for 2010 adjusted earnings by $50 million to a new range of $1.035 billion to $1.1 billion. The company's prior outlook range was $985 million to $1.05 billion.
Fresh off a visit to the White House and a shout-out at this year's American Telemedicine Association conference, American Well President and CEO Roy Schoenberg is eager to keep the momentum going for his Online Care product.
The government has issued a new regulation that allows individuals and businesses more control over their own health plans.
At its annual meeting this week in Chicago, the American Medical Association called for funding from all payers - both public and private - for residency training positions for physicians.