Enrollment is Open – Helping Patients Get Insurance on the Health Care Exchange
Open enrollment for individual insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began Sunday,…
CMS Extends Deadline for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Informal Review Process
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the 2014 Informal Review period…
NCMS Closely Monitoring Proposed Health Insurance Mergers
The proposed mergers between health insurance giants Aetna and Humana and Anthem and Cigna have…
AMA Resources Help to Understand New Payment Model in Commercial Payer Contracts
Commercial payers are increasingly pursuing contracts with physicians based on new payment models,…
AMA Study: Health Insurance Mergers Would Diminish Competition in Many States
From AMA reports The combined impact of proposed mergers among four of the nation’s largest health…
Bowtie Briefing for July 24, 2015
Get the latest update on two bills, one impacting physician assistants and the other on how you…
BCBS Rate Increase Request Not Off-Set by ACA Reimbursements
A July 7 article in the Raleigh News & Observer reported that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of…
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CMS Proposes New Rules for Medicaid MCOs
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposal that would…