by Keith Kuhn | Sep 17, 2013 | Provider
A Texas-based company that sells wheelchairs and motorized scooters to people with limited mobility announced Friday that it’s shutting down for good, following federal scrutiny over its advertising and billing. The Scooter Store, which filed for bankruptcy...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 14, 2013 | Payor
New ACO Arrangement realigns focus to value of service with emphasis on improving health outcomes Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) and Memorial Hermann Accountable Care Organization (MHACO) announced a new strategic alliance today that will deliver...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 14, 2013 | Payor
Central Maine Healthcare employees, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield leaders and others spent hours Monday trying to sway the head of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Anthem’s plan to move thousands of individual policyholders into a plan that strictly limits their...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 13, 2013 | Government
Surveyors should prevent providers from being able to game the Medicare system through well-timed facility sales and purchases, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instructed in a recent memorandum. When a new owner acquires an existing facility that has...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 12, 2013 | Industry
Numotion, formerly United Seating & Mobility and ATG Rehab, announces its acquisition of Wheelchairs Plus, Inc., a regional complex rehab provider in Minnesota. “Wheelchairs Plus is an established provider with locations in Grand Rapids and St. Cloud, MN,...
