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NewsQuality incentives show mixed results for hospitals, payers
As the industry shifts toward rewarding quality and not quantity, healthcare leaders still wonder whether pay-for-performance (P4P) models will actually improve care and cut costs. According to a Read more...
ICD-10 fluency means provider, payer collaboration
The ICD-10 diagnostic code set is a fundamentally different language, which systems, people, and processes at both provider and payer organizations will need to speak fluently by Oct. 13, 2013, Ian Read more...
WellPoint reimbursement increases now tied to hospital quality indicators
In keeping with the trend to move hospital reimbursement from volume-oriented to quality-oriented, Indianapolis-based WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) will halt annual payment increases to about 1,500 hospitals Read more...
Senate raises concern over possible Medicare contractor conflicts
Three Senate committee chairmen asked the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General on Tuesday to look into potential conflicts of interest among private sector contractors that Read more...
Survey: Health execs are highest earning CEOs
A recent analysis of CEO compensation compiled and published by the Wall Street Journal found that out of every industry, healthcare executives rake in the most money annually, on average. The Read more...
Insurers increased denials by 49 percent because of pre-existing conditions
The four largest health insurance companies denied coverage to more than 600,000 individuals because of pre-existing conditions in the three years before passage of health reform and the number of Read more...
WellPoint, Aetna, and Humana pilot remote monitoring to cut readmissions
Insurers are pursuing new ways to reduce the cost of hospitalization and readmissions, the Wall Street Journal reports. And it involves giving heart patients remote monitoring technology to take Read more...
Healthcare on a budget: A new trend?
The trend of Americans cutting back on healthcare use during tough economic times is nothing new, considering that many lose their jobs and, in turn, their health insurance. However, according to Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: WellPoint fights back against new rescission allegations
WellPoint Inc. is fighting mad about a news report that the company conducts targeted rescissions of policyholders with breast cancer and has already forced a partial rewrite for factual errors. On Read more...
WellPoint CEO Braly received a 51 percent compensation boost in 2009
A $1.5 million performance bonus was just the tip of the iceberg for WellPoint's Angela Braly, whose total compensation for 2009 skyrocketed 51 percent from 2008 to $13.1 million. The performance Read more...
| Press ReleasesWellPoint's Andrew J. Lang Named a Computerworld PREMIER 100 IT LeaderINDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc. announced that Andrew J. Lang has been named a Computerworld 2012 Premier 100 IT Leader. The 2012 Premier 100 IT Leaders Awards spotlights Read more >> Leading Health Plans Perform Well for First Half of 2011KENNEBUNK, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For the first half of 2011 top health plans saw a combined net increase of over 2 million members from December 2010. While aggregated fully-insured business Read more >> Zix Corporation Announces Share Repurchase ProgramDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in email encryption services, announced that its board of directors approved today a share repurchase program that Read more >> Zix Corporation to Present at Houlihan Lokey Conference on Oct. 27DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in email encryption services, announces that Rick Spurr, ZixCorp’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present Read more >> Recondo Technology Announces Sheila Schweitzer Has Joined the Recondo Board of DirectorsGREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Recondo Technology, a leading provider of revenue cycle solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that Sheila Schweitzer, a leader Read more >> |
