Medicare Updates Physician Comparison Website
Medicare last week added new features to its Physician Compare website as it prepares to start including quality data on thousands of doctors. The federal health care law requires the …
OIG: Data Entry Issues may Cost Medicare Over $500 Million
The Medicare system may never collect more than $543 million in overpayments made in 2010, a federal inspector general’s report released Tuesday shows, because Medicare entered only a summary of …
Highmark Invests $11 million in Partnership with CMU
Health insurer Highmark Inc. and its affiliated hospital network will invest $11 million to further develop a laboratory meant to improve health care through science and engineering in conjunction with …
Healthcare Delivered through PC, Tablet and Smartphone
Like telematics in auto insurance, telehealth in health insurance provides an opportunity for insurers to have a closer dialog with their policyholders and better manage their risk of loss. And …
Blue Cross of Idaho Launches Health Exchange Site
Blue Cross of Idaho has launched a website called GetCoveredIdaho.com to help guide Idahoans through the upcoming Idaho Health Insurance Exchange, part of the Affordable Care Act. The website is …
Krames StayWell Launches Patient Engagement Solution for ACOs
Krames StayWell has launched ACO 360™, a comprehensive patient engagement package for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that includes marketing and patient education tools, and a new solution for ACO member …
Pennsylvania Awards $8.9M Contract for Development of Health Exchange Connection
A Michigan health IT company has secured a five year, $8.9 million contract with Pennsylvania’s eHealth Partnership Authority. Its mission? Connect the state’s 11 regional and statewide health information exchanges …
Blue Cross Blue Shield Online Tool Tracks Health-Care System
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation said last week it has launched an online tool that allows users to track the changing makeup of the state’s health-care delivery …