States will have the freedom to determine who operates their health insurance exchanges and which health plans can be sold through the exchanges, according to proposed guidelines released July 1 by HHS.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a National Provider Call on "ICD-10 Implementation Strategies for Physicians" on Aug. 3, 2011, according to an Advance Web report.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware has awarded a $15,000 grant to Volunteer Ambulatory Surgical Access Program, a Dover-based organization that helps low-income patients receive free ambulatory surgery, according to a news release.
A new primer from Kaiser Family Foundation answers many basic questions about state health insurance exchanges, which will allow individuals and small businesses to comparison shop for insurance plans starting in 2014, according to an LA Times report.
HHS says up to 40 percent of the $4 billion in loans the federal government plans to distribute for the development of non-profit health insurance co-ops could default, according to an IFA Web News report.
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Maine healthcare experts disagreed on Wednesday about the impact of legislation that would make significant changes to the state health insurance system, according to a Morning Sentinel report.
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Payors unable to pay providers for services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries within a certain time will pay slightly less in interest penalties for the remainder of 2011, according to an AAPC report.