by Keith Kuhn | Apr 1, 2014 | Industry, Beneficiary
Health IT company AbilTo has raised fresh capital for a program aimed at changing behavior for the costliest patient population — people with chronic conditions or multiple chronic conditions. The healthcare startup works with health plans by offering their members...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 31, 2014 | Reimbursement
Medicare will reimburse both hospices furnishing palliative care and providers offering curative services under a new demonstration program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced. Currently, a beneficiary must end curative treatments in...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 30, 2014 | Industry, Government
Massachusetts planned to cut ties with the contractor for its hobbled health care insurance website, state officials said Monday. CGI Group, a Montreal-based information technology firm, was also the lead contractor on the troubled federal health care website. The...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 29, 2014 | Payor, Provider
In just nine months, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield subscribers will lose low-cost access to UPMC doctors and facilities. On Monday a Republican lawmaker teamed up with his Democratic colleague to prevent that. But will Harrisburg act in time? With UPMC digging in...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 29, 2014 | Industry, Government, Regulations
The American Association for Homecare and the VGM Group applauded Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) for urging the Centers for Medicare and (CMS) Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to refrain from further action to expand...
