TAMPA — BayCare Hospital System and Florida Blue said Wednesday they have reached an agreement that will spare tens of thousands of Tampa Bay residents from being forced to find new doctors.
CHAMPAIGN — No contract, no commitment. That’s Carle Health’s current position on whether or not it will treat state retirees who enroll in the only health plan option the state is offering them for next year — an Aetna Medicare Advantage PPO plan.
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), approved groundbreaking Medicaid section 1115 demonstration initiatives in Massachusetts and Oregon.
Earlier this year, Cigna had announced a policy to require the submission of medical records with all Evaluation and Management (E/M) claims with CPT 99212-99215 and modifier 25 when a minor procedure was billed as a precondition of payment.
Nevada’s soon-to-be-launched public health option could generate between $344 million and $464 million in savings in its first five years and would help lower health insurance premiums and reduce the rate of Nevadans without health insurance, according to a new state report.
The retiree advocacy group RiseDelaware is suing the state in state Superior Court over its decision to move retired state employees to a Medicare Advantage plan administered by Highmark Delaware.
