Legislation
Democrats Push For Sweeping Medicare Changes
The
Children's Health And Medicare Preservation (CHAMP)
Act, currently facing a vote in the House, features
a grab bag of Medicare proposals that showcase Democrats'
Medicare priorities, and could become law soon:
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Employer
Trends
If
Your Benes Can't Get Healthy, They'll Have To Pay
INDIANAPOLIS,
IN (Managed Care Wire): Clarion Health, an Indianapolis-based
health system, is taking a new approach to employee
wellness; it's going to start charging its employees
for their unhealthy habits.
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New
Rules
Prepare
Yourself For An Influx Of College-Age Benes
BUFFALO,
NY (Managed Care Wire): The end of August doesn't
just bring crowds of students to college campuses;
it could also bring them to your door. More and more
colleges and private universities are making health
insurance a requirement for students, reports Buffalo
Business First.
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more
LEGISLATION
Millions Of Your Benes Could Lose Their Medicare
Advantage Coverage
WASHINGTON,
D.C. (Managed Care Wire): Proposed legislation in
the House of Representatives could put nearly three
million seniors in dire straits when they're forced
out of coverage. >
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COST-SHIFTING
Your
Customers' Cost Shifting May Be More Devastating Than
Money-Saving
PITTSBURGH,
PA (Managed Care Wire): Employers believe that shifting
more health-care costs to your benes is a great way
to cut costs, but a recent study at Carnegie Mellon
University shows that this could be a grave mistake.
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HIPAA
8
Important Criteria Keep You Compliant When Visitors
Are On The Premises
Not
sure how the Health Information Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA) impacts tour groups or other non-workforce
related programs within your organization? Here's
a guideline that'll help set you straight.
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more
New Products
Preventive Dental Options Can Save
You Money In The Long Run
E-Records
Why
Your Provider Network Should Implement E-Record Systems
Emergency
Department
Use This Guidance
For After-Hours Codes
New Products
Online Precertification Can Make
You More Attractive To Providers
E-Records
Could
EMRs Put Your Benes At Risk For Identity Theft?
Compliance
Medicare Could Auto-Deny
100 Percent Of Suspicious Claims
Acquisitions
Find Out How Humana Gained A Competitive
Edge With Dental And Vision Benefits
Health
IT
Save
Time, Money and Paper With Electronic Contracts
Compliance
Hospital Buyout Raises
OIG's Suspicions
Coding Guides
Anatomy Guide An Indispensable
Coding Resource
Personal
Health Records
PHRs
Can Help Keep Your Medicare/Medicaid Benes Healthy
Health
IT
How A New Technology
Can Help You Monitor Provider Credentials
P4P
P4P
Has Little Effect On How Hospitals Care For Patients
Incentives
New York Insurer
Offers Incentives For Electronic Health Records
