Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is moving to implement part of the healthcare reform law by reviewing insurance rates to determine if any are "unreasonably high," despite the state's opposition to the reform law as a whole, according to an NECN…
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Hospitals and outpatient surgery centers have been more successful at bargaining for higher rates from employer-sponsored health plans than physicians in 2012 so far, according to data from Milliman Inc. in Seattle.
Hospitals can save money by using health information exchanges to reduce readmissions, according to an American Medical News report.
In a letter (pdf) to CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, the American Medical Association submitted comments on the proposed ICD-10 timeline and asked CMS to further extend the ICD-10 compliance date to Oct. 1, 2015, "at a minimum."
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One of the biggest buzz words in healthcare today is "reform" — and to quote REO Speedwagon, "It's everywhere." Perhaps the biggest poster child of the term "reform" is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that President Barack Obama…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reduced the payment for lithotripsy by approximately 20 percent due to an error in the November 2011 payment rate, according to an ASCA release.
Health plans are increasingly providing patients with specific dollar estimates for physician office visits, according to an American Medical News report.
A new national program from insurance company Aetna aims to lower the number of out-of-network referrals for outpatient surgery procedures, according to a Healthcare Finance News report.
Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation to require the public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgery center treatment episodes.