CMS has issued a final rule allowing states to create alternative benefits packages for certain Medicaid populations, according to the Federal Register.
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Aaron S. Florence, DO, an orthopedic surgeon and specialist in sports medicine, is joining Estes Park (Colo.) Medical Center, according to a report in the Estes Park Trail-Gazette.
Speaking at the Health Information Technology Conference in Boston, David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health IT, said federal dollars will be devoted to setting up grant programs to encourage students to enter IT careers in the healthcare industry should…
Wichita, Kan.-based Mid-America Orthopedics has opened a fourth location in Derby, Kan., according to a report by the Wichita Business Journal.
As The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enters the implementation phase, politicians and health insurers are expected to battle over as to how new rules and regulations should roll out, according to a report in American Medical News.
WellPoint, which runs Anthem Blue Cross in California, withdrew its request for rate increases in California's individual insurance market after the state's insurance commissioner found flaws with the company's methodology, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Five states — Georgia, Indiana, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming — have opted out of running their own high-risk insurance pools, according to a report by the New York Times.
Citing the state's "any-willing-provider" law, Georgia's Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine ruled that Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia must allow Northeast Georgia Cancer Care of Athens into its HMO plan, according to a report in American Medical News.
A group of orthopedic physicians in Colorado and St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver are partnering on a $6 million orthopedic hospital opening in June, according to a report by the Denver Post.
Excessive administrative complexity related to billing costs physicians practices nearly 12 percent of their net patient revenue, according to a study in Health Affairs.