Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Whistleblower suit says health plan cheated government out of more than $1 billion

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Josh Valdez took an executive level job in April 2010 expecting to improve medical services at two Puerto Rican Medicare Advantage health ...
Monday, June 2, 2014

HHS releases new data and tools to increase transparency on hospital utilization and other trends

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Data can help improve care coordination and health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries With more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, investors, ...

CMS Advises Delay in ICD-10 Front-End Testing Until October

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Providers, suppliers, billing companies and clearinghouses can submit ICD-10 acknowledgement test claims anytime up to the new plan...

(CMS–10340) Collection of Encounter Data From Medicare Advantage Organizations, Section 1876 Cost HMOS/CMPS, Section 1833 Health Care Prepayment Plans (HCPPS), and Pace Organizations

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Contents: This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated with the following informatio...

NHS staff working together to improve care

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Staff are working together to improve care MORE than 7,650 NHS Wales staff have completed the first level of the national learning pr...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

5 Strategies to Up Your Game During the ICD-10 Delay

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Is your organization struggling to adapt to the new ICD-10 deadline? Have you already exceeded your training budget?  Do you have ...

Dying with a team of support

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Palliative care teams help help terminally ill patients live as good a life as possible until the end. Rebecca Roberts had never heard o...

NPAF Issues Call to Action for Cancer Research

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With mounting evidence that cancer research and biomedical discovery are slowing even as a 45% increase in cancer cases is projected by 20...

Chesterton Health and Emergency Center offers shorter wait times, high patient satisfaction

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The Chesterton Health and Emergency Center offers average wait times of 15 minutes or less and has maintained a patient satisfaction rate ...

HHS finalizes most proposed provision changes to ACA exchanges for 2015

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HHS recently released the final Exchange and Insurance Market Standards for 2015 and Beyond rule, affecting several provisions within the ...
Friday, May 30, 2014

ACO Results: What We Know So Far

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May 30th, 2014  by  Matthew Petersen and  David Muhlestein Editor’s note: For more on this topic, stay tun...