US-based health insurer WellPoint (WLP) has closed the acquisition of Amerigroup, in a bid to effectively serve the growing Medicaid population in the country. The acquirer expects the acquisition of Amerigroup to boost its core business ...
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ChiroFutures Risk Purchasing Group(RPG),a malpractice insurer,has added health plan billing error defense coverage to its Chiropractor's Malpractice Insurance . The ChiroFutures program is designed to provide broad protection and defense ...
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iTech, a SaaS based Healthcare billing and Practice Management Software vendor announces expEDIum Medical Billing Solution (eMB) v2.1 that supports public health clinics including Sliding Fee Schedule programs and Atypical IDs. BANGALORE, ...
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Medica has appointed John Naylor as senior vice president for commercial markets to enhance the business segment, effective from 19 November 2012. Naylor will take over the new role from Simeon Schindelman, who has been appointed as chief ...
QualChoice Health Insurance has implemented TriZetto’s payment bundling solution software to administer episode based payments to physicians who cater cardiac stents, perinatal care and hip and knee replacements for its group and ...
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WellPoint and Amerigroup have inked a definitive agreement in accordance with which the first will acquire Amerigroup, which will enable the acquirer to effectively and efficiently serve the growing Medicaid population. WellPoint expects ...
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Computerworld - Federal investigators Thursday released a report charging that the Medicare electronic medical records (EMR) program lacks effective fiscal oversight. The report, issued by the Inspector General's office of the Department ...
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DR Systems will showcase its cloud-based, complete certified electronic health record (EHR) at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), which will be held at Chicago, US, from 25-30 November 2012. The solution, eHR for Meaningful ...
US based WellCare Health Plans has inked an agreement to acquire UnitedHealthcare's Medicaid business in South Carolina, in a bid to strengthen its health underwriting footprint in the region. It is expected that the deal will complete ...
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Computerworld-In the biggest data compromise of the year,Social Security Numbers(SSN)belonging to about 3.6 million residents in South Carolina have been exposed in an intrusion into a computer at the state's Department of Revenue. ...
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The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has selected CareSource, in conjugation with Humana to serve people who qualify for both Medicaid and Medicare (often referred to as dual eligible) in the Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown ...
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Computerworld-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(ACA),which the Supreme Court found constitutional last month,requires all states to roll out health insurance exchanges where consumers can compare in one place plans based on ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will pay $3bn, which includes a $1bn criminal fine and forfeiture and $2bn to resolve civil claims, in fine and will plead guilty for promoting antidepressants Paxil and Wellbutrin for unapproved uses. The largest ...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted a unique product reimbursement code (Q-code) for Affymax's Omontys (peginesatide) injection. Omontys is a once-monthly erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) for anemia ...
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