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UnitedHealthcare’s Network Changes in Connecticut Will Impact Medical Billing...
UnitedHealthcare, one of Connecticut’s leading health insurance providers, has terminated the services of thousands of physicians providing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The insurer’s network change...
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Why Healthcare Practices Need Claims Management Outsourcing
Claims management basically means submitting and collecting claims for the medical services rendered to a patient. The starting point of the process is the collection of information from the patient...
View ArticleImplications of the Retail Clinic Model for Conventional Healthcare
According to a new study by Accenture, the number of retail clinics will increase rapidly over the next few years as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seeks to extend heath coverage to millions of...
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Move towards Healthcare for Angel Investments
A significant trend has emerged in angel investments in the United States. Angel investor groups are heading towards healthcare, if research on the first quarter of the current financial year is to be...
View ArticleShared Medical Appointments – More Popular Paradigm to Cut Cost & Provide...
Shared medical appointments! What does this increasingly popular paradigm hold for patients, physicians and payers? As a patient, you may be wondering whether you will have to discuss intimate health...
View ArticleCMS Reconsidering Testing of ICD 10 Considering the Issues that Came up from...
MedPage Today reported on November 8, 2013 that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it might reconsider external, end-to-end ICD-10 testing during a stakeholder meeting. Earlier,...
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Why Americans are Paying So Much for Health Care
Americans are paying much more for health care services than the average residents in most other developed countries. Infographics published by TIME Magazine recently gives a clear insight into the...
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Obamacare Needs Young Adults to Sign Up for Insurance to Keep Costs Low. Will...
Obamacare wants 2.7 million healthy 18-to-34 year-olds – ‘young invincibles’ – to sign up in insurance exchanges to offset the cost of providing care for as many as 30 million uninsured people, most of...
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Sign Up for Health Insurance NOW
The deadline is March 31, 2014! It’s coming soon, in a little more than a week, and you need to sign up for health insurance before it gets too late. With insurance exchanges, the Obama administration...
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One-third of Doctors Recommending mHealth Apps for Their Patients
Mobile apps are radically changing the way doctors and patients interact and approach healthcare. Over the last few years, several medical mobile applications were developed that offer quick access to...
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Legal Pitfalls of Social Media in a Healthcare Context
Social media has made a huge impact on the way the medical community communicates with the outside world, but the usage of social media within a healthcare context does pose certain risks to the...
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Don’t Let the Heat Get to Your Mobile Phone – Try These Tips
The mobile phone has become a staple feature in physicians’ offices and other healthcare facilities with an increasing number of US physicians using smartphones. According to a 2015 Kantar Media study,...
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How Wal-Mart’s Primary Care Services Can Help Improve Healthcare Access
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to provide health insurance coverage to an estimated 30 million Americans. However, insurance access alone will not be sufficient as a sizeable workforce is...
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Physicians Not Confident in Managing Patients Using Opioids – Finds Survey
Chronic pain is cited as the number one reason why Americans visit a physician. It is a leading cause of disability and is a major contributor to healthcare costs. In fact, chronic pain affects more...
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