UnitedHealthcare wins court case over Medicare Advantage overpayment rule

Healthcare Finance -Susan Morse Senior Editor - September 10, 2018 Ruling throws out 2014 rule, leading to question of how CMS will determine whether it has overpaid an MA insurer.…

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Legal Compliance: One More Reason to Collect Patient Deductibles and Copays

WEBPT - By Tom Ambury - June 24, 2018 Collecting coinsurance, copays, and deductibles upfront is an important piece of the effort to accurately value the services we provide. And yet, we…

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Tech company once lauded for growth shutters Tampa office suddenly, leaves over 100 without jobs

By Janelle Irwin – Reporter, Tampa Bay Business Journal-Jun 21, 2018, 6:55pm EDT Updated Jun 22, 2018, 12:47pm Health care technology firm CareSync closed its doors on Thursday despite previously…

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New Medicare Advantage rules hold big potential for pop health

Healthcare Dive- Meg Bryant- June 13, 2018 The push toward valued-based care and population health management has raised visibility around nonmedical conditions that impact health outcomes. Improving health outcomes using population health…

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New Medicare model for paying doctors passes key test

BY LAUREN CLASON, THE HILL EXTRA - 04/13/17 03:00 PM EDT A far-reaching Medicare payment proposal cleared a crucial hurdle this week, as the federal health program seeks to reward…

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Electronic Medical Records

Crystal Lombardo- The Next Galaxy  The advancement of technology has changed the way the entire world functions. One big change that has happened has to do with the medical world.…

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Trump urges insurers to work together to ‘save Americans from Obamacare’

Will Obamacare survive? Washington Post - By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Juliet Eilperin February 27 at 12:19 PM  President Trump met with major health insurers Monday morning, in the midst of…

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Obamacare Hits a Pothole

NY Times - Opinion Page- Paul Krugman OCT. 28, 2016 For advocates of health reform, the story of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, has been a wild roller-coaster ride. First…

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Who’s Gaming Obamacare? Better to Ask: Who Isn’t?

Bloomberg View-AUG 8, 2016 4:44 PM EDT By Megan McArdle Last week, I outlined eight possible futures for Obamacare. By curious coincidence, few of them looked like the paradise of lower premiums…

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NCDs and LCDs Hit Hardest by ICD-10

ICD-10 update from physician practices By Beth Friedman, BSHA, RHIT, president and founder of Agency Ten22 Posted on: December 11, 2015 Despite physician resistance, the transition to ICD-10 has gone…

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