Nurse practitioners (NPs) are increasingly staffing Emergency departments as hospitals seek to contain costs while expanding services, despite predictions of an oversupply of residency-trained emergency medicine physicians by 2030 and amidst intensifying national debate over NP qualifications to practice independently and unsupervised.
If you’re insured by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan take a close look at your bill, it may belong to someone else. There’s been a billing error that has been affecting more than 2,000 Michiganders. Carol Walsh of Redford told Local 4 that she didn’t realize she had someone else’s Blue Cross Blue Shield bill until a stranger from Royal Oak gave her a call.
Efforts to overhaul the prior authorization process are hitting a crescendo in state legislatures, with at least 40 states expected to consider measures that would streamline the way doctors must obtain health plan sign-offs before they can order procedures, tests or treatments.
On January 30, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) released proposed rules with comment period entitled “Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act.”
Eliminating medical debt for thousands of residents may seem like a daunting task, but Somerville City Councilor Willie Burnley Jr. is up for the challenge.