MedBill DME Billing Service attended the PAMS Conference at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Champion Pennsylvania this past week. We would like to thank PAMS for all their hard work and effort in putting the event together. Additionally, thank you to all the Vendors...
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Highmark Deal to Infuse Forbes with $20 Million of Improvements
Four days after the announcement of a landmark deal between Highmark Insurance and West Penn Allegheny Health System, Dr. Mark Taylor said he was “still glowing.” Taylor is chief of anesthesia at Forbes Regional Hospital, where Highmark has invested $20 million toward...
Pa. Auditor General Threatens UPMC Over Highmark Deal
In Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon, Pa. State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has a warning to UPMC and Highmark. “The UPMC-Highmark battle must stop, and it must stop now. The 2014 deadline is fast approaching,” said DePasquale. At the end of next year, UPMC says...
Inconsistency in Hospital Charges Alarming
The White House administration revealed what over 3,000 hospitals charge for common medical procedures in an early effort to challenge healthcare costs by showing consumers how prices for the same service can vary by tens of thousands of dollars. The most extensive...
Preferred Home Health Care Acquires Acelleron Medical Products
Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, Inc. (PHHC), a leader in providing home care to residents of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, announces the acquisition of Acelleron Medical Products, a durable medical equipment (DME) company that focuses on the...
BCBS of Montana and Health Care Service Corp. Merger Gets OK from Examiner
A former state Supreme Court justice acting as a hearing examiner has recommended for approval the proposed merger of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana with Health Care Service Corp. of Chicago. Lee Newspapers of Montana reports that William Leaphart on Thursday...
Maine Medical Center and Anthem BCBS Prepare to Launch ACO
One of Maine's largest hospital systems has teamed up with the state's biggest private health insurer in an effort to improve patients' health while lowering costs. MaineHealth, parent organization of Portland's Maine Medical Center, has partnered with Anthem Blue...
Highmark Credit Rating Downgrade with West Penn Debt Risk
Highmark faces a challenging future as it gets to work turning around the finances of West Penn Allegheny Health System, which it acquired this week, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service. Moody's on Thursday downgraded Highmark's debt rating and...
BCBS of NC and Cornerstone Health Care Form ACO
Cornerstone Health Care and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the largest health insurer in the state, have partnered to form an accountable care organization that will tie reimbursement for care more closely to hitting quality measures. The partnership is a...
West Penn Allegheny Health System says UPMC Physicians Want to Switch
Many of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center doctors have inquired about switching to Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Allegheny Health System Chief Medical Officer Tony Farah said Monday. How many doctors? “There has been a significant and sustained...
Pennsylvania Hospital Seeks Partnership with Network
A rural southwestern Pennsylvania hospital says in a letter to employees that it is seeking a "strategic relationship" with a larger health network. The letter doesn't specify a potential partner for Windber Medical Center however chairman David Klementik tells the...
15 Questions to CBIC From Accredited Medicare DME Provider
On April 10th an Accredited Medicare Provider located in North Carolina sat down in front of a computer and visited the CMS website, typed in a Raleigh North Carolina zip code, and analyzed the bid winners. They found several interesting facts: 75% of bid winners...