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...
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Reverse Medi-Cal Rate Cuts, Health Providers Say
An unlikely coalition of doctors, dentists, hospitals, health plans and a health care union launched a statewide campaign Wednesday to support the successful roll-out of federal health care reform and oppose further rate cuts in Medi-Cal, the government health care...
Blue Cross Merger Plan Clears Montana Hurdle
A proposed merger between nation's fourth-largest health insurer and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana has cleared a major regulatory hurdle and is now in the hands of a former state Supreme Court justice. William Leaphart, the hearing examiner in the merger between...
Highmark West Penn Allegheny Merger Update
In 2011, the state’s largest insurer, Highmark, signed an affiliation agreement with the financially troubled West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) and its five Pittsburgh-area hospitals to create an integrated health system. The goal of the acquisition is for the...
AMA Reaffirms Support for Medicare Private Contracting
The American Medical Association continues its support of federal legislation that would enable physicians and seniors to contract for services outside of the Medicare program. Medicare beneficiaries currently must pay out of pocket if they want to see a physician who...
Loophole Could Help Health Insurance Companies Avoid Affordable Care Act
Health insurance companies may find major benefit in loophole in federal law Health insurance companies throughout the U.S. have been working to find ways to avoid the costly implications associated with the federal Affordable Care Act. There are several provisions...
No More Nonprofit Status for Four PA Blue Cross companies
Pennsylvania's four Blue Cross companies have spent more than $1 billion in recent years subsidizing health plans for people who can't get coverage anywhere else. As the so-called insurers of last resort, subsidies provided by the Blues have been the primary...