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Now open: Comprehensive Primary Care Plus in a location near you
by: Richard Scott Aug 1, 2016
Providers working in more than a dozen markets are now eligible to apply for an advanced primary care model that will dole out up to $100 per patient, per month in upfront payments.
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CMS projections: Expect major growth in demand for physician services
by: Grant Huang Jul 28, 2011

Photo by Grant HuangNational spending on health care will rise faster than the country's gross domestic product (GDP) over the next 10 years, driven by key provisions in the Affordable Care Act, according to a new CMS report that projects spending statistics through 2020. The result will be "significantly" increased demand for prescription drugs and physician and clinical services, the report says. Healthcare spending is projected to grow at an average rate of 5.8% per year over the next decade, while GDP is projected to grow at just 4.7% per year. The result is that healthcare will grow from being 17.6% of GDP in 2010 to 19.8% of GDP in 2020, says Sean Keehan, an economist in the Office of the Actuary at CMS.

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AMA: Private plans wrong on 1 in 5 claims in 2011
by: Grant Huang Jun 20, 2011

AMA image used with permission Nearly one in five of your private payer payments were inaccurate in 2011, according to the AMA's latest "National Heatlh Insurer Report Card," released June 20. The average rate of inaccurate payments is 19.3% in 2011, up from 17.3% in 2010, the AMA says. That 2% jump comes out to a $1.5 billion increase in administrative costs to the health system, the AMA estimates. "A 20% error rate among health insurers represents an intolerable level of inefficiency that wastes an estimated $17 billion annually," AMA Board Member Barbara McAneny, MD, said in a prepared statement.

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