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The business intelligence firm Data Advantage has released a list of 75 hospitals receiving a "Best in Value: Superior Quality Merit Award" from the 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index, a national study on U.S. hospitals and the value of care they provide.
Highly publicized vaccine products not only boost the bottom lines of pharmaceutical companies, but also benefit insurance companies, doctors and retailers, according to an analysis of the flu vaccine season by Kalorama Information.
Moses Taylor Hospital, a 173-bed facility located in Scranton, Pa., plans to implement denials management software in an attempt to increase billing effectiveness, improve cash flow and generate net new revenue.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plan a 21.2-percent Medicare pay cut for physicians in 2010.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced a 2 percent market basket update to Medicare's calendar year 2010 home health prospective payment system rates and modifications to the home health outlier policy.
The Perot Systems Corp. has expanded a relationship with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority, in which Perot will use its Xcelys health plan administration software solutions to provide additional premium billing and enrollment services to the state health insurance program.
Most hospitals will receive in 2010 an inflation update of 2.1 percent in their payment rates for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in outpatient departments, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
A pilot program at nine New Jersey hospitals promises that no newborns will leave the hospital without health insurance, the state Department of Health and Senior Services announced last Friday.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued an interim final rule to strengthen enforcement and increase penalties for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, modified the penalties that the HHS could impose for violations of the HIPAA rules.
Key changes to physician quality reporting and e-prescribing incentives are being proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.