Massachusetts House majority leader Ronald Mariano plans to file legislation today that would require insurers to reduce payments to the priciest hospitals and physicians, according to a Boston Globe report.
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Health insurance exchanges could help poor people receive more than $100 billion in government benefits for which they are eligible, according to a Crain's New York Business report.
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has approved changes to the Medicare Provider-Supplier Enrollment Applications and the CMS-8550 application form for ordering and referring items or services to Medicare beneficiaries, according to an AAPC release.
On Aug. 19, an appeals court ruled against four New Jersey surgery centers in their lawsuit against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, according to an ASC Association release.
The author of a bill that would have given California regulators the power to reject health insurance rate increase said Wednesday that he is pulling the bill from consideration this year, according to a San Jose Mercury News report.
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South Carolina's Gov. Nikki Haley said the state will not accept millions of dollars in federal funding intended to help South Carolina set up a health insurance exchange, according to a Miami Herald report.
Subsidies provided to laid-off workers to help them continue health insurance coverage close today, raising concerns about how the unemployed will cover insurance costs, according to a Tennessean report.
Kansas signed a $135 million contract this week for a new state computer system designed to centralize applications for Medicaid, according to a Kansas Reporter report.
Wellmark, Iowa's primary health insurer, is unsure whether it will participate in the state's planned health insurance exchange, a move that could jeopardize the initiative, according to a Des Moines Register report.
On Thursday, the Obama administration will begin investigating proposed increases of health insurance premiums that exceed 9 percent, according to a Wall Street Journal report.