Proposed Medicare loss is a gain for insurers
When is a loss a gain? It seems the answer is when the loss wasn’t nearly as bad as expected. That’s what major health insurers discovered when the Centers for …
Telemedicine Comes to Georgia College Campus
Illustrating once again that the world of college education is fertile ground for deployment of cutting-edge healthcare technologies and telemedicine, one college campus in Georgia is about to experience the …
3D Printing in Healthcare
No matter how much precision and care the prosthetics experts at Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) put into crafting an accurate prosthetic leg for one healthy, young female patient, …
5 tips to better understand your health insurance
Health insurance is confusing, but not understanding your coverage could leave you with unexpected medical bills. Although consumers have access to more information than ever, knowing the best sources for …
Justice Department investigating Humana billing practices
Humana Inc. reports that it is cooperating with a Department of Justice inquiry into whether it exaggerated the severity of elderly patients’ illnesses to generate higher Medicare reimbursements. The Louisville, …
UPMC board Chairman Beckwith cheers on CEO Romoff
Almost every day, UPMC President and CEO Jeffrey Romoff exchanges emails with the only person with enough power to fire him. Romoff, arguably one of the region’s most influential and …
OMHA Announces ALJ Appeal Status Website
This week, the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) announced the launch of a new website which will allow providers to check the status of their ALJ appeals. The …
HIPAA crackdown coming: How to prep for audits
Earlier this month health insurer Anthem, Inc. disclosed a data breach involving an estimated 80 million records containing protected health information (PHI). In 2013, Anthem (then known as Wellpoint) was …