Wednesday, 8 June 2016

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N.J. hospitals lose court challenge of tiered Horizon health plan
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 7:08 PM
A New Jersey appeals court ruled against of group of hospitals Tuesday that alleged state regulators wrongly allowed Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the state's dominant insurance carrier, to put them in a lower-tier network.


Virginia ambulance company says CMS pilot program killed its business
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 3:49 PM
An ambulance company in Virginia is blaming its demise on a CMS pilot program that requires prior authorization for non-emergency services.


Nearly all ACA benchmark plans violate rules on addiction treatment coverage
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 2:26 PM
Nearly all ACA health plans offered in states do not adequately cover services for addiction treatment, according to an analysis released Tuesday, despite repeated calls by advocates and providers for insurers to offer a full range of substance use...


MedPAC, CBO urged to use commercial data in judging telehealth's effectiveness
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 1:03 PM
A host of healthcare organizations and individual healthcare providers that advocated for expanded telemedicine want federal budget and Medicare payment advisers to look outside the Medicare program for evidence of the benefits of telehealth.


AMN continues buying spree with Peak Health Solutions
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 12:23 PM
AMN Healthcare has added to a recent string of acquisitions by buying Peak Health Solutions this week. In January, the staffing giant completed the purchases of B.E. Smith and Healthsource Global Staffing.


Connecture buys exchange competitor ConnectedHealth
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 12:21 PM
Connecture, a technology company that builds online health insurance marketplaces, has acquired ConnectedHealth in a bid to spark its struggling operations.


NIH funding boost advances in Congress
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 12:18 PM
A funding bill that includes a $2 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health along with more money toward fighting the opioid epidemic passed a Senate subcommittee Tuesday and will be considered by the full committee this week.


Nurse sues Dignity Health for refusing to cover gender-transition care
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 11:40 AM
A Dignity Health nurse has become one of the first transgender people to file a lawsuit against his employer for refusing to cover gender transition-related care following recent HHS rules banning discrimination against transgender people.


Medical Mutual, MetroHealth of Ohio launch insurance product
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 11:39 AM
In the wake of the demise of the HealthSpan insurance enterprise, Medical Mutual of Ohio and the MetroHealth System in Cleveland are hoping to scoop up some of that business with a new product -- dubbed CLECare -- that both parties say will...


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