by Keith Kuhn | May 9, 2013 | Government, Payor, Provider, Regulations
In Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon, Pa. State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has a warning to UPMC and Highmark. “The UPMC-Highmark battle must stop, and it must stop now. The 2014 deadline is fast approaching,” said DePasquale. At the end of next year, UPMC says...
by Keith Kuhn | May 9, 2013 | Government, Provider, Reimbursement
The White House administration revealed what over 3,000 hospitals charge for common medical procedures in an early effort to challenge healthcare costs by showing consumers how prices for the same service can vary by tens of thousands of dollars. The most extensive...
by Keith Kuhn | May 7, 2013 | Provider
Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, Inc. (PHHC), a leader in providing home care to residents of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, announces the acquisition of Acelleron Medical Products, a durable medical equipment (DME) company that focuses on the...
by Keith Kuhn | May 7, 2013 | Beneficiary, Government, Payor
Among all the criticisms of President Obama’s health care reform law, the most salient may be that the Affordable Care Act focuses on access to insurance at the expense of cost and quality care. A new set of results from a study on Oregon’s Medicaid program supports...
by Keith Kuhn | May 7, 2013 | Beneficiary, Government, Payor
In a signpost pointing to health insurance changes under the nation’s new health care law, North Carolina’s largest insurer has warned of steep rate increases for customers who have typically paid below-average premiums. A third of Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s...
