Value-based healthcare may be the hot topic right now, but all that attention has yet to make much of a mark on the industry. That’s the perspective of physicians and health plan executives who said that despite advances in technology, there’s still a …
The Maryland Health Care Commission expanded its price transparency initiative with hospital cost comparison tools to inform consumers about large differences in price and quality—and push hospitals to examine their costs.
The Maryland Health Care Commission expanded its price transparency initiative with hospital cost comparison tools to inform consumers about large differences in price and quality—and push hospitals to examine their costs.
Amid rumors that Walmart is in talks to buy Humana, the retail giant poached one of the insurer’s former vice presidents last week. Plus, two investigations suggest insurers and pharma are trying to dodge the law.
BCBS Association Chief Medical Officer Trent Haywood, M.D., attributes the trend to not just educating providers but working with them to change their prescribing behavior.
CMS’ plans to update evaluation and management codes is either a good idea that will simplify documentation and free up doctors’ time to spend with patients or a bad one that will leave physicians who treat high-acuity patients underpaid.
During a House Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan said an RFI on changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute is forthcoming, following an RFI on changes to the Stark Law last month. Hargan said reform is necessary to allow provi…
Groups including the American Hospital Association were part of an effort to fight 340B payment cuts pushed by the Trump Administration. They said they plan to continue their legal challenge.
ACEP and the Medical Association of Georgia are asking for a court to put an end to Anthem’s new ER policy, which violates federal patient protection laws, according to a court filing.
ACEP and the Medical Association of Georgia are asking for a court to put an end to Anthem’s new ER policy, which violates federal patient protection laws, according to a court filing.
