Highmark-UPMC agreement raising new questions
The separation agreement between UPMC and Highmark Inc. has begun raising questions, barely two weeks after Gov. Tom Corbett announced the pact. In a message sent Wednesday to health insurance …
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The Convergence of Medical and Consumer Health Apps
Consumer healthcare apps linked to smartphones or wearable devices are growing in popularity, and forthcoming offerings from Apple and Google are likely to draw more attention to the field. These …
HME Providers in Virginia Face New Challenges as Medicaid Pricing Goes to Competitive Bidding
Since last year, Medicaid DME reimbursement rates in Virginia have been posted at Medicare minus ten percent. However, things have gotten worse for Virginia DME providers. On July 1, 2014 …
Health-care IT investment boom: Who’s the next winner?
A huge surge of venture capital investment into health-care IT companies shows no sign of slowing as companies scramble to exploit potentially big money-making opportunities offered by Obamacare and inefficiencies …
Providers Can Move Mountains by Working Local Relationships
If you haven’t heard already, years of effort on the part of the HME industry has culminated in a groundswell of pressure for audit reform. From the long hours put …
Kindred Healthcare steps up hostile pursuit of Gentiva
Kindred Healthcare Inc raised its hostile bid for a stake in Gentiva Health Services Inc, stepping up its pursuit of the home healthcare services provided by Gentiva to an aging …
Armstrong hospital, Highmark reach contract agreement
Highmark Inc. and Armstrong County Memorial Hospital on Monday announced a multi-year contract extension. The new agreement builds on the insurer’s existing relationship with the hospital and benefits Highmark members …
Health insurers trying new ways to pay
Health insurers are experimenting with new formulas for reimbursing doctors and hospitals, slowly moving away from the traditional approach of basing payments on the numbers of tests and procedures performed, …