by Keith Kuhn | Mar 16, 2014 | Provider
All-States Medical Supply has laid off eight employees due to soaring audit rates and recent cuts in Medicare reimbursement, according to a release. When All-States won a contract as part of the national mail-order program for diabetic supplies in 2013, it planned to...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 15, 2014 | Provider
Employers and health care providers must overhaul how they prevent and fight cancer to head off an expensive crisis in treating the disease, a top national health adviser said Friday. “The trick here is not simply to cut costs. It’s cutting costs intelligently —...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 15, 2014 | Industry
Patients in rural northern California communities will now have faster, more convenient access to specialty care in their area thanks to a new telehealth initiative announced by the Blue Shield of California and the Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health. Many...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 14, 2014 | Provider
Swedish Health System, one of Seattle’s largest health care providers, is slashing outpatient prices dramatically, but there’s no sign yet that San Francisco hospitals are likely to follow in its footsteps. The Puget Sound Business Journal, an affiliated...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 14, 2014 | Payor
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas says it will take advantage of a shift in federal regulations and continue to allow members to keep plans that were not grandfathered under the Affordable Care Act. The Obama administration announced this week that insurers could...
