Health insurer Humana's third-quarter net income decreased 13.6 percent, from $426 million in 2012 to $368 million this year.
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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has rescinded parts of his executive order meant to force Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi to reinstate 10 hospitals owned by Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates into its network, according to a Mississippi Business…
CMS has issued more guidance related to its new regulation that generally considers inpatient admissions spanning two midnights as qualifying for payment under Medicare Part A.
Many health insurers are cancelling individual insurance plans because the policies aren't "grandfathered" and don't meet PPACA requirements, according to the trade group America's Health Insurance Plans.
Medicare inappropriately paid $23 million for services recorded as rendered after beneficiaries had died, despite CMS safeguards meant to prevent such payments, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General report.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark claims Bridgeville, Pa.-based Radiance Surgery Center overbilled it by $1.7 million over two years, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Third-quarter net income at health insurer Cigna increased by nearly 19 percent, from $466 million in 2012 to $553 million this year.
The Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees have crafted a proposal that would repeal and replace Medicare's sustainable growth rate, the formula the program uses to determine physician reimbursement rates.
The Medicare Part A inpatient hospital deductible will go up by $32 to $1,216 in calendar year 2014, CMS has announced.
U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has blocked Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's executive order meant to force Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi to reinstate 10 hospitals owned by Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates into its network, according to a…