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California regulators have fined seven leading health plans nearly $5 million total for claims payment violations. The health plans also must provide restitution to hospitals and doctors for delayed and underpaid claims going back two to three years, which could reach tens of millions of dollars.
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The CMS ordered three insurers to stop the marketing and enrollment of their Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans. Health Net, Woodland Hills, Calif., Arcadian Management Services, Oakland, Calif., and Universal American Corp., Houston, were sanctioned by the CMS. Health Net must stop...
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The CMS has ordered three insurers to stop marketing and enrollment of their Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans.
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California PPOs are lagging on clinical best practices and customer satisfaction, according to a second annual report by the state Department of Insurance.
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Heart hospital operator MedCath Corp. said it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its interest and management rights in Avera Heart Hospital in South Dakota to Avera McKennan for about $20 million.
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The extensive changes to federal reimbursement, the healthcare safety net and insurance regulation anticipated under health reform have left industry executives scrambling to project what will happen to revenue and expenses in the coming decade.
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Here's a pop quiz on healthcare information technology, geography, culinary customs and public health.Where in the world was David Blumenthal on Tuesday if the eight-county region he was visiting has had an operating clinical health information exchange since 2008 but is better known for its...
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The healthcare reform legislation approved this year has the capacity to reduce the projected budget deficit by $30 billion over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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The New York City Health Department issued a travel advisory Tuesday for the Caribbean and Latin America because of heightened concerns about dengue fever in the region.
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