This month, several physicians have received letters from United Healthcare terminating them from its Medicare Advantage — or Medicare Part C — plans, according to a Medscape report.
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CMS has finalized policies from a proposed rule concerning the program integrity of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges.
Aetna's revenue for the third quarter was approximately $13 billion, a 46 percent year-over-year increase driven partly by the insurer's acquisition of Coventry Health Care. The Coventry merger was valued at $5.7 billion when announced in August 2012.
Obscured in the confusion over the dysfunctional Healthcare.gov website and the efforts in Congress to defund the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, I believe it is important to understand these eight hard truths surrounding healthcare reform.
CEO of PDP Holdings Tom Gallagher, ROG Sports Medicine Founder Blair Rhode, MD, DISC Sports & Spine Founder Robert S. Bray Jr., MD, and Premier Orthopaedic Surgery Center Administrator Natalie Soule, RN, discussed how to effectively manage implant costs at…
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Electronic prescribing of controlled substance improved work flow, prescription accuracy and medication monitoring, according to research published in the Journal of the America Medical Informatics Association.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement provides a variety of complimentary resources to help healthcare providers improve quality of care.
Quality and infection control are responsibilities taken seriously by healthcare providers. Even so, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that approximately 1.7 million patients per year develop healthcare-associated infections, resulting in 271 deaths each day.
HealthCare Appraisers developed a relationship with R-Squared Services & Solutions, a developer of compliance software for the life sciences and healthcare industries, to develop an online fair market value calculator.
Physician preference items can often be expensive. Here are six tips for surgery center leaders looking to create a meaningful dialogue with physicians about supply chain improvement, according to a Provista report.