A conservative committee has outlined a plan to set up a health insurance exchange in Georgia, despite strong opposition to the federal healthcare reform law in many parts of the state, according to a Washington Post report.
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Texas is considering slashing co-payments to physicians for people covered under both Medicare and Medicaid, a move that could save millions for the state, according to a Miami Herald report.
The Congressional supercommittee is taking a look at Medicare-Medicaid "dual eligibles," those patients who are covered by both governmental insurance programs, according to a USA Today report.
Jeffrey Rihn, CFO of the Surgery Center at Cranberry in Cranberry Township, Pa., wants to change in-network provider requirements by requiring insurers to recognize any provider who meets basic accreditation requirements, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
The American Health Information Management Association expressed disappointment with the AMA's House of Delegates' choice to oppose ICD-10-CM implementation, scheduled for completion in Oct. 2013, according to an AHIMA release.
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Scott Rupp, chairman of a Missouri Senate committee to decide how the state will implement healthcare reform, says the state will likely pass on implementing its own health insurance exchange, according to a Missouri Net report.
Premiums for employer-sponsored family insurance increased by 50 percent from 2003-2010, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund.
Anthony Keck, director of South Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services, will recommend this week that the state opt out of creating its own health insurance exchange, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
More than 10,000 patients of MetroWest Medical Center physicians could be forced to switch providers if physicians continue a contract impasse with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, according to a MetroWest Daily News report.
The legislative panel tasked with studying Oklahoma's response to the federal health reform law adjourned Tuesday without making a decision about whether to build a health insurance exchange, according to a Tulsa World report.