by Keith Kuhn | Jun 19, 2013 | Government, Industry, Provider, Regulations
CMS has disqualified about one-third of the contract suppliers that planned to serve Medicare beneficiaries in Tennessee as part of competitive bidding because they don’t meet state licensure requirements, according to the Tennessean. CMS Administrator Marilyn...
by Keith Kuhn | Jun 19, 2013 | Industry, Provider
WakeMed Health & Hospitals and one of the state’s biggest physicians practices announced a partnership Monday designed to minimize federal penalties and maximize financial rewards under the national health care law. Under the arrangement, WakeMed and Key...
by Keith Kuhn | Jun 19, 2013 | Government, Payor
When a typical 40-year-old uninsured woman in Maine goes to the new state exchange to buy health insurance this fall, she may have just two companies to choose from: the one that already sells most individual policies in the state, and a complete unknown nonprofit...
by Keith Kuhn | Jun 18, 2013 | Government, Industry, Regulations, Reimbursement
The Washington Post ran an editorial in the paper’s Sunday edition on June 16th encouraging CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to implement the Round 2 program. The Article can be viewed at www.washingtonpost.com. PAMS Executive Director, John Shirvinsky, posted the...
by Keith Kuhn | Jun 18, 2013 | Payor
Blue Shield of California is poised to take a lucrative health insurance contract for city workers away from rival Anthem Blue Cross. The proposed three-year deal is still subject to approval by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Under Blue Shield’s offer, the...
