by Keith Kuhn | Sep 19, 2013 | Payor
MyFitnessPal announced a partnership with health insurance company Cigna, which will combine MyFitnessPal’s nutrition, physical activity and weight management resource with Cigna’s health coaching programs. The offering will give customers the option to connect their...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 18, 2013 | Government, Payor
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett unveiled a plan on Monday to use federal subsidies targeted for an expansion of Medicaid to be used instead to help low-income residents of the state buy private health insurance. Corbett, a Republican who has been opposed to...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 18, 2013 | Payor
Medicare might want to create a supplemental coverage plan that encourages patients to seek care in a single accountable care organization (ACO), the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) was told Thursday. A “Medicare Select ACO supplemental plan”...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 17, 2013 | Reimbursement
Ann Eubank from UsersFirst has advised PAMS that CMS has asked United Spinal Association to take the lead on gathering consumer data on a rapidly degenerating repair access crisis in the DME sector that is leaving consumers frustrated and without properly functioning...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 17, 2013 | Payor
The state has signed contracts with three Medicaid managed care companies to serve Kentuckians who will be newly eligible for Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act, officials said Friday. Starting Oct. 1, people in 104 Kentucky counties who are newly eligible...
