HEALTHCARE NEWS

Aetna    Aetna buys popular mobile app iTriage maker for ACO, which provides information about medical issues and finds nearby providers or health facilities. "We're going to begin to change the healthcare industry by giving people tools they can put in the palm of their hand,&...

Congress passed a bill to delay a scheduled 27% cut in Medicare payments by 10 months, and the president released his 2013 proposed budget, which requests a slight increase for health programs. Congress Passes SGR Deal The House of Representatives voted 293-132 late Friday morning to pass a ...

Kaiser Permanente    Kaiser Permanente of Colorado hopes a new incentive--cold, hard cash--will motivate people to lose weight. Although other insurers have offered similar programs, Kaiser is one of the first to make a weight loss program available to all adult members, the Associated...

Massachusetts-based Harvard Pilgrim has started paying patients $10 to $75 each time they get medical tests at a lower cost provider. Under Harvard Pilgrim's SaveOn program, when members get referrals from their doctors, they can call the insurer's "clinical concierge" line that directs ...

 National Government Services 01/04/12        Are you looking for more information on the Provider Enrollment revalidation effort? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently added to their list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) specific to...