Spending on physician services increased 3.5 percent in the second quarter of 2011, compared to the same quarter in 2010, indicating that spending may be rebounding despite recent studies noting a decline in patient traffic, according to an American Medical…
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Physicians had more concerns than patients about sharing access to medical records, according to two studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and reported in Cardiology Today.
Around 340,000 Michigan consumers who purchase their own health insurance could receive a total of $89 million in rebates over the next three years, after federal health regulators ruled that Michigan will not be exempt from federal health reform requirements,…
Pressure is increasing on the federal government to take over health insurance exchange implementation, as the Jan. 1, 2014 deadline looms and many states express inability or unwillingness to participate, according to a Washington Post report.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of E-health Standards and Services recently announced it will loosen ASC X12 Version 5010 standards compliance enforcement, with a 90-day discretion period for all HIPAA-covered entities, according to an AAPC report.
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Private contractors overseeing Medicare fraud paid claims submitted in the names of dead providers or for unnecessary medical claims, problems estimated to cost more than $1 billion in 2009, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has approved an emergency rule that eliminates birth as a qualifying event for individual health insurance coverage, according to an Insurance News Net report.
Groups representing Maine's elderly, children and others covered by Medicaid will bring their concerns over Gov. Paul LePage's proposal to cut the program to state lawmakers this week, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
A panel of Idaho lawmakers met Wednesday to look at legislation for a state-run health insurance exchange, which would allow individuals and small businesses to "comparison shop" for coverage in an online marketplace, according to an Idaho Statesman report.
Approximately 80 percent of Americans aged 18-64 report having health insurance coverage, with the percentage increasing among the employed and those in upper-income groups, according to a Colorado Health Institute report.