by Keith Kuhn | Apr 30, 2013 | Reimbursement
Michigan’s largest health insurer and a dozen hospitals announced Monday they are starting to carry out a cost-saving deal designed to prevent unnecessary or overused tests and procedures, an attempt to put less emphasis on the traditional way providers are...
by Keith Kuhn | Apr 30, 2013 | Payor
Insurer Highmark Inc on Monday completed a $604.2 million bondholder buyout of troubled West Penn Allegheny Health System at 87.5 cents on the dollar. The buyout, in which Highmark acquired just over 85 percent of the outstanding principal amount of West...
by Keith Kuhn | Apr 29, 2013 | Payor
Special Bulletin Details Cutoff Dates for Transition to NCTracks Health care providers whose claims are still pending when NCTracks goes live July 1, 2013, must resubmit those claims in the new system. That and other key cutoff dates for the transition to NCTracks are...
by Keith Kuhn | Apr 29, 2013 | Industry
As Microsoft continues to push for more companies to use its cloud services such as Office 365, it sometimes has to make some changes in order for those services to be accessed by certain industries. Today, the company announced it has updated its Business Associate...
by Keith Kuhn | Apr 28, 2013 | Government
On April 24, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Proposed Rule revamping the Medicare Incentive Reward Program (IRP) and providing CMS with greater discretion to deny or revoke enrollment privileges to certain providers and suppliers...
