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Two provisions of the healthcare reform law will affect the way hospitals receive payment for care provided to Medicare patients. For some struggling hospitals, the change represents a significant financial chunk. >>>
As insurers seek ways to control the price point at the entry level of the healthcare system, health plans such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in Pittsburgh are turning to developing urgent care center networks. >>>
Though preliminary results indicate health information exchanges can help healthcare organizations save money, there's still reluctance by some to share data. To realize the cost benefits, healthcare leaders must make a clinical and financial leap of faith and work with their competitors. >>>
To financial executives of organizations serving small Medicare- and Medicaid-dependent populations and few uninsured patients, state-run commercial payer plans can seem scary because they threaten the bottom line. >>>
Physicians and insurers in California are at legal loggerheads over questions about what constitutes proper medical treatment, and over the definition of a medical necessity. The conflict may have consequences nationwide. >>>
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has once again corrected more improper payments than in the previous quarter, this time to the tune of $701.3 million. >>>
News Headlines
Sacramento Business Journal, October 3, 2012
Billings Gazette, October 3, 2012
The Washington Post, October 3, 2012
Bloomberg Businessweek, October 3, 2012
Politico, October 2, 2012
The Arizona Republic, October 2, 2012
Reuters, October 2, 2012
Kaiser Health News, October 1, 2012
Kaiser Health News, October 1, 2012
Bloomberg, October 1, 2012
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