The University of Michigan Medical School has won a $1.1 million grant from the American Medical Association to accelerate its major curriculum revision, officials announced Friday. U-M is one of 11 schools across the country to win the grant from the AMA in a competitive application process. The five-year grant is intended to promote change in medical education Continue reading
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Truven Health Analytics Professional Receives Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator Credentialing
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Truven Health Analytics, formerly the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters, announced today that Kristine Knutson, senior analytic consultant, is the latest member of the Truven Health staff to have earned the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Associations (NHCAA) unique professional credential: Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator. Knutson joins the growing rank of Truven Health employees who have earned AHFI credentials Continue reading
Leading Health Care Insurance Provider Expands Medicare Claims Processing with Kofax
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kofax plc (KFX.L), a leading provider of smart process applications for the business critical First Mile of customer interactions, today announced that a leading national provider of publicly funded health care insurance programs has invested more than $500,000 to expand its Kofax solution to increase efficiencies in processing a larger volume of Medicare claims and related correspondence, thereby significantly reducing labor costs and expediting claims payments. The customer is using the additional Kofax software to increase the volume of Medicare claims forms and related documents to 24 million per year, and other correspondence to 12 million documents per year. This increases medical claims processing efficiencies by significantly reducing labor costs and expediting claims payments Continue reading
The National Health Care System should be improved, not abolished – Video
The National Health Care System should be improved, not abolished Full debat with Kantor Management By: GroupKantor Continue reading
Liberty University lawyer predicts Obamacare back at SCOTUS next fall
President Obama’s national health care law will be back at the U.S. Supreme Court by next fall, according to a lawyer for Liberty University, which is challenging the constitutionality of the law on different grounds from the recent major health care suit. Continue reading
A stroll down health care’s memory lane
The time is at hand this year to bring comprehensive, high quality health care within the reach of every American. I shall propose a sweeping new program that will assure comprehensive health insurance protection to millions of Americans who cannot now obtain it or afford it, with vastly improved protection against catastrophic illnesses. Continue reading
CSHS Symposium Highlights 7/24/12 – Video
CSHS Symposium Highlights 7/24/12 Commentators often exploit the word “sustainable” when discussing federal budget obligations and key drivers such as health care. Continue reading
Programs pay off medical school debt
Share this story: In Colorado, there is a serious need for primary care doctors both in rural areas and in Colorado Springs. The National Health Service Corps and the Colorado Health Service Corps are trying to address the need through loan forgiveness grants to medical school students. The National Health Service Corps granted more than $12 million in student loan forgiveness during 2011 in Colorado and contracted with 240 primary care providers to erase medical school debt and get more doctors in rural areas. Continue reading
Philippine Business News | Online News Philippines
Details Published on Thursday, 04 October 2012 00:00 Written by AMADO P. MACASAET It is becoming clear that health care is being used by the supporters of heavy taxes on smoke as a ploy or cover to collect more money from the tobacco industry. Continue reading
Md. picks model for essential health insurance benefits
Under national health care reform, insurance policies in Maryland will be required to cover acupuncture for pain management and chiropractic care in certain cases. The plans won’t cover acupuncture for other treatments, such as infertility or stress, and will limit home health care to 120 visits per year and physical therapy for ailments such as sports injuries to 50 days a year. The state panel charged with implementing health care reform in Maryland voted Thursday to include these services among those insurers will be required to cover once reform is fully implemented in 2014. Continue reading
Administrator of Clark & Daughtrey Interprets Health Care Reform Issues
Published: Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 11:58 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 11:58 p.m. LAKELAND | Sticking with the status quo won’t solve the woes of the United States health care system, Adil Khan said Friday, but he’s not convinced the changes now being implemented will either. Continue reading
Health care administrator touts alternative legislation
Published: Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 7:23 a.m. Continue reading
No `free' health care: Letters to the Editor for Monday, August 6, 2012
No `free’ health care Re “No such thing as free” (Letters, July 20): The letter writer is absolutely incorrect. Continue reading
Economix Blog: Uwe E. Reinhardt: Taiwan's Progress on Health Care
Taiwan not only has in place a national health care system, but it also takes advantage of information technology far more frequently than the United States does, an economist writes. Continue reading
Aon forecasts eight-year high for long term care liability loss rates, claim severity
CHICAGO, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Long term care liability loss rates and claim severity reached an eight-year high and are expected to grow steadily in 2013 against a backdrop of health care provider budget constraints and uncertainty about health care reform, according to Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc (AON). This finding is illustrated in the 2012 Aon Long Term Care General Liability and Professional Liability Actuarial Analysis, released July 12 in partnership with the American Health Care Association. (Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120717/CG41708-INFO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100719/AQ37264LOGO) Since 2005, the annual loss rate (liability costs relative to occupied long term care beds) has grown from $1,040 to a projected $1,480 in 2012 and is expected to increase again in 2013 to $1,540, according to the report based on 19,500 individual claims from long term care facilities. Continue reading
Bill Mann's Canada: Canada’s single-payer health plan turns 50
The same week that President Obama’s health-care program squeaked through the U.S. Supreme Court, Canada marked the 50th anniversary of its own national health care Continue reading
Affordable Care Act stays intact
Big step forward In regards to the Supreme Courts decision June 28 on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) [Defining Decision, page one, June 29], I lived in Prague for 12 years and learned firsthand what it is to live with national health care. Continue reading
The Affordable Care Act: A ‘life raft’ to some communities – Video
19-06-2012 22:47 Health Care Law – Supreme Showdown: Despite legal opposition, some see Obama’s national health care law as a blessing Continue reading
Health Care is Going Mobile, Consumers Ready, Doctors Sill Leery
Got a cold, a weight problem or pain that wont go away? Theres an app for that. Continue reading
New health care law helps more than 3 million young adults get and keep health coverage
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A new report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that 3.1 million young adults have gained health insurance because of the health care law. Without the health care law the Affordable Care Act these 3.1 million young adults would not have health insurance. Continue reading