by Keith Kuhn | May 3, 2013 | Payor, Provider, Regulations
Highmark faces a challenging future as it gets to work turning around the finances of West Penn Allegheny Health System, which it acquired this week, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s on Thursday downgraded Highmark’s debt...
by Keith Kuhn | May 3, 2013 | Payor, Provider
Cornerstone Health Care and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the largest health insurer in the state, have partnered to form an accountable care organization that will tie reimbursement for care more closely to hitting quality measures. The partnership is a...
by Keith Kuhn | May 2, 2013 | Regulations
A controversial “accounting of disclosures” provision of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act will probably not be finalized before the scheduled Jan. 1, 2014, deadline for compliance, according to a senior Department of...
by Keith Kuhn | May 2, 2013 | Regulations
A Washington firm and several people are under investigation over a leak of information officials say could be tied to a surge in trading in healthcare stocks. Subpoenas were issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission as it increases scrutiny of the so-called...
by Keith Kuhn | May 2, 2013 | Provider
Many of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center doctors have inquired about switching to Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Allegheny Health System Chief Medical Officer Tony Farah said Monday. How many doctors? “There has been a significant and sustained...
