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This Week's Health Business News

Health Plans Work to Reduce the Health Risks and Costs From Elective C-Sections Before Full Term
CMS: Supervising Physicians Can Be Anywhere on a Hospital's Campus Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System 
Coalition of Medicare Advantage and Medicaid Health Plans Lobbies for an Exemption From the Proposed Excise Tax on Insurers   
Opinions Vary on Likely Impact of Long-Term Care Insurance Program Included in New House Bill
The Medicare Advantage Marketing Season Is Seen as 'Good,' With Retention Being the Main Focus 

 

News from Washington and the States

House-Passed Reform Bill Would Add Strong New Federal Enforcement Tools
Two Large Insurers Urge Their Employees to Lobby Against Certain Reform Measures
Boston Scientific to Pay $296 Million to Settle Allegations Its Subsidiary Failed to Fully Inform FDA
Hospital Employee Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Criminal HIPAA Violations
Health Reform and Specialty Pharmacy: Potential Impact of the House-Passed Bill

 
 
November's Featured Articles

Health Plan Business

Gender Rating in Health Insurance Is Seen as Discriminatory, but Neutral Rates May Lead to Higher Premiums

Medicare Advantage

Movement on Capitol Hill to Fix Medicare Physician Pay Could Work to Increase 2010 Payments for Medicare Advantage Plans
Managed Medicaid

Wis. Medicaid Will Penalize HMOsPerforming Poorly in Milwaukee

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans

New Studies Suggest That Blues Plans Have 'Near-Monopolies' in Some States

Pharmacy Benefit Management
PhRMA's $80 Billion in Part D Concessions May Drive Up Health Plan Drug Costs
Specialty Pharmacy
Debate on Biosimilars Focuses on Duration of Data Exclusivity
Consumer-Directed Health Care Plans
Health Savings Accounts Are Likely to Survive Reform, May Even Flourish Under Proposed Mandates
Medicare Compliance
ICD-10 Will Reduce Payment Errors and Claims Denials, but Will Also Help Fraud Investigators
HIPAA Compliance
The Encryption of Patient Health Records Is Crucial With New Laws and Growing Patient Desire to E-mail Their Physicians

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