Medicare Advantage Plans Can Pay for Many LTC Services in 2019: Feds
Plans could cover adult day care, respite care and in-home support services. By Allison Bell | May 02, 2018 at 10:27 AM The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is…
Payer Healthcare industry lambastes Trump administration’s short-term health plan proposal
Fierce Healthcare - by Mike Stankiewicz | Apr 24, 2018 1:31pm The health insurance and hospital sectors are nearly unanimous in their opposition to the Trump administration's proposal to expand short-term…
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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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…
Urgent Care Insurance Claims Rise Sharply, Faster than ED
Media Health Leaders- Gregory A. Freeman, March 26, 2018 Insurance claims for urgent care exploded over a nine-year period, rising much faster than claims for emergency care. Private insurance claim lines…
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…
What merger mania means for health care
CNN Money- by Paul R. La Monica- March 8, 2018: 12:32 PM ET Get ready for another wave of massive health care deals -- and maybe this time the government will approve…
This Company’s AI-Fueled Tech Is About to Bring Digital Health Care to Millions
FORTUNE- By SY MUKHERJEE 7:00 AM EST - JANUARY 17,2018 Digital health firm HealthTap and Bupa, a health care provider that offers both insurance and medical services to millions around the…
UnitedHealth Buys Large Doctors Group as Lines Blur in Health Care
NY Times - By REED ABELSON DEC. 6, 2017 In another example of the blurring boundaries in the health care industry, UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest insurers, said on…
I.R.S. Starts to Enforce Health Law’s Rule That Employers Offer Insurance
NY TIMES- By STACY COWLEY NOV. 16, 2017 As Republicans and the Trump administration continue trying to chip away at the Affordable Care Act, the Internal Revenue Service has begun, for…
