The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced a plan to make it easier for physicians to comply with the agency's e-prescribing imperative, which will penalize physicians starting in 2012 for not electronically transmitting their Medicare patients' prescriptions to…
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The following article is written by Azadeh Farahmand, CEO and founder of GHN-Online. The clock is ticking and it's no secret that the government mandated pair — HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 — requires healthcare organizations to cover an enormous…
A new Illinois law blocks providers of radiology, anesthesiology, pathology, neonatology or emergency room services from "balance billing" patients who have received care from an in-network ambulatory surgery center, according to a Life and Health Insurance report.
Gov. John Kasich has announced that Ohio plans to set up a state health insurance exchange, mandated under the federal health reform law, according to a WFMJ report.
Medicare fails to cover many healthcare expenses for low-income seniors, who constitute a large percentage of the pool of Medicare recipients, according to a Washington Post report.
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Connecticut is planning to select a board and staff members to oversee the development of a state health insurance exchange, which would allow individuals and small businesses to comparison shop for health insurance starting in 2014, according to a Health…
The annual Iowa Employer Benefits Study showed a disparity growing between rural and urban Iowa in the cost, availability and quality of employer-based health insurance, according to a Des Moines Register report.
Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, advisor to Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney, has expressed his support for state health insurance exchanges, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Chuck Brown is administrator of Bidwell Surgery Center, a Health Inventures ASC in Middletown, Ohio.
The Wall Street Journal recently started a discussion about whether a person's financial status should impact the Medicare benefits they receive.