Health Plans Simplify Doctor Credentialing To Boost Medicaid Participation

Forbes -Bruce Japsen , CONTRIBUTOR APR 2, 2018 @ 09:01 AM  Health insurance companies are streamlining credentialing of physicians who contract with Medicaid health plans in hopes of boosting doctor participation…

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CMS issues final rule allowing states to pick essential health benefits

Modern Healthcare- By Shelby Livingston and Susannah Luthi | April 9, 2018 The CMS issued a final rule late Monday aimed at giving states and health insurers more flexibility and reducing…

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Read more about the article Medicare Advantage Plans Cleared To Go Beyond Medical Coverage — Even Groceries
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Medicare Advantage Plans Cleared To Go Beyond Medical Coverage — Even Groceries

Kaiser Health News- By Susan Jaffe - APRIL 3, 2018 Air conditioners for people with asthma, healthy groceries, rides to medical appointments and home-delivered meals may be among the new benefits added…

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Doctors advocate overhauling some Medicare billing codes

Modern Healthcare- By Virgil Dickson  | March 22, 2018 Lowering documentation standards for a commonly used set of billing codes would lead to better quality of care, doctors told the CMS during a conference…

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Insurers Gobble Doctor Practices To Bolster Medicare Advantage Plans

Forbes- Bruce Japsen - MAR 12, 2018 @ 08:00 AM News that Centene is buying a large medical group is the latest sign that health insurers are engaged in a…

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Trump plan: Less health insurance for lower premiums

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Feb 20, 2018, 4:49 PM ET The Trump administration Tuesday spelled out a plan to lower the cost of health insurance: give consumers…

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California’s two health insurance regulators to investigate Aetna coverage decisions

LA TIMES - By BARBARA FEDER OSTROV- FEB 12, 2018 | 7:50 PM Both of California's health insurance regulators said they will investigate how Aetna Inc. makes coverage decisions, as the lawsuit…

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The Future of Healthcare Could Be a Privacy Nightmare

TONIC - Susan Rinkunas -Feb 8 2018, 10:54am The Amazon healthcare effort and CVS-Aetna merger raise lots of questions. Last Tuesday, Amazon, JP Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway announced that they…

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Tax on medical devices to resume after 2-year suspension

CNBC via AP- JANUARY 1ST, 2018 While much of corporate America will enjoy a tax cut in the new year, one industry is getting a tax increase it has fought…

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How the New U.S. Tax Plan Will Affect Health Care

Harvard Business Review: David Blumenthal- December 19, 2017 The new Republican tax bill, which the House passed this afternoon and the Senate is expected to approve tonight, is complex, but what…

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