Skip Navigation LinksHome | DecisionHealth Daily
DECISIONHEALTH DAILY
Price transparency getting more attention
by: Grant Huang Jun 21, 2013
Providers, health plans and patients alike rarely know how much money any given care will cost each stakeholder, a problem that stifles competition and drives up costs, experts say. The antidote is price transparency, a cause that got a big boost this week when the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) announced the creation of a task force to improve transparency in healthcare transactions.
 
GAO: Tighter “medically unnecessary” limits could improve Medicare savings
by: Burt Schorr Jun 20, 2013
Less than 0.1% of payments Medicare made in 2011 were for amounts of services that exceeded unpublished CMS limits for “medically unlikely” claims that failed to include reasons to indicate why the services provided were medically necessary, the General Accountability Office (GAO) found.
Conn. podiatrist faces heavy time for nail fraud
by: Roy Edroso Jun 20, 2013
A Connecticut podiatrist faces a lifetime in prison for billing simple nail care to Medicare as nail avulsions.
Supreme Court decision could unleash more generics drugs, lawsuits
by: Laura Evans Jun 20, 2013
A U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that the government can go after drug makers for profit-sharing settlements with generic drug companies may help lower drug costs and increase the number of generics on the market, say some observers.
Survey: ICD-10 conversion slow for worried physician groups
by: Scott Kraft Jun 19, 2013
You probably won’t be shocked to learn that a recent Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) survey shows physician practice ICD-10 readiness is low, as reported by Fierce IT.
Jury snubs malpractice panel findings
by: Jennifer Clampet Jun 18, 2013
Medical malpractice lawyers in New Hampshire are jumping on headlines that for the first time in state history, a jury has ignored a unanimous decision of a medical malpractice panel and awarded $1.5 million to a patient’s family.
Wyden: Allow ACOs to focus on chronic care
by: Karen Long Jun 17, 2013
Medicare needs to change accountable care organization (ACO) rules set up to prevent ACOs from avoiding the sickest patients to allow the groups to better manage patients with chronic illnesses, says Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
Survey finds many doctors in ACOs not seeing financial gains
by: Nicholas Stern Jun 14, 2013
Physicians looking to benefit financially from participating in an accountable care organization (ACO) may be disheartened by a recent survey from Alpharetta, Ga.-based staffing firm Jackson Healthcare.
Invasive insect bugging cardiovascular health
by: Jennifer Clampet Jun 14, 2013
Could an insect be contributing to the rise of cardiovascular-related deaths in the U.S.? So says researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Services.
Medical home savings evident in pilot test’s first two years
by: Burt Schorr Jun 14, 2013
The cost of care for 1 million consumers in a medical home pilot project was lower than projected for 2012, according to results that CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which serves the Washington metro area, announced May 6.
« newer posts older posts »

Login

User Name:
Password:
Forgot password
Welcome to the new Part B News Online. If you are a returning user having trouble logging in, please click here.
Back to top
Privacy Policy
|
Terms of Use
|
© 2026 DecisionHealth, an HCPro Brand