Health insurer BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has reached an agreement with Saint Francis Hospitals in Memphis and Bartlett to keep the providers in-network, according to a Memphis Business Journal report.
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A Republican-controlled budget committee in Wisconsin has voted to approve Republican Gov. Scott Walker's plan to delay a scheduled Medicaid expansion, according to an Appleton Post-Crescent report.
UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer and parent of UnitedHealthcare, said its per-share profit and revenue in 2014 will be lower than what financial analysts expect, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Republican Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has said he doesn't want the state to accept federal funding to expand its Medicaid program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Washington Post.
Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene claimed $3.5 million in federal Medicaid reimbursement for physician-administered drugs from 2008 to 2010 that was unallowable because of failure to comply with requirements for billing manufacturers for rebates, according to a report…
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Although South Carolina has decided not to expand Medicaid, state officials still predict the program will experience a 16 percent enrollment increase by the end of June 2015, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Officials in a number of states are pushing back against new health plans with narrow provider networks through regulatory action, legislation and other methods, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
CMS has issued a final rule that would cut Medicare home health payments by 1.05 percent in calendar year 2014, less than the previously proposed 1.5 percent net reduction.
White House Deputy Adviser David Simas and two Democratic Nebraska senators will discuss the importance of expanding Medicaid coverage in the state on a conference call with reporters today, according to a report from The Hill.
As the pressure to cut costs increases and patients shoulder more of the burden of paying for care, healthcare price transparency has become an unavoidable issue for hospitals, health systems and other providers.