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Individuals in the Medicare Program: 5 Tips to Avoid Fraud and Waste
1. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), fraud and waste cost the Medicare program $48 billion in 2010. Below are 5 tips to help recognize fraud, and prevent it from happening to you. 2. Guard your insurance information: An … Continue reading
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Urgent Care Centers and Emergency Departments
Urgent Care Centers emerged in the United States in the early 1980’s. Currently, there are approximately 8700 Urgent Care facilities in the US, with an additional 300 opening each year. According to the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA), an … Continue reading
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Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Law Challenge
This morning, the United States Supreme Court began hearing arguments of the health care reform law. The majority of Supreme Court cases before the Court are heard over one day and rarely go over one hour: The health care reform … Continue reading
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California Businesses Create Resourceful Health Care Website
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the Health Care Act) is 2,409 pages. A partnership of several California businesses have joined together to launch a simple website, www.healthlawguideforbusiness.org, a new resource for California businesses to obtain … Continue reading
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California Pregnancy Disability Leave Law Changes
Several new California employment laws took effect January 1, 2012. Employers with five or more employees should pay particular attention to SB 299, which references Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL). With the passage of SB 299, there are significant changes to … Continue reading
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Stay Healthy This Year by Using Your Plan’s Preventive Care Benefits
At the start of a new year, many of us reflect on actions we can take to improve our lives, resulting in the leading resolution of better health. One possible step to take toward a healthier lifestyle involves taking advantage … Continue reading
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Tenet Healthcare & Anthem Blue Cross Reach an Agreement
Last month we posted that Anthem Blue Cross and Tenet Healthcare had been in ongoing negotiations since July of 2011. We are pleased to announce that those negotiations have come to a successful conclusion and the Commercial Hospital Agreement, which … Continue reading
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Catholic HealthCare West (CHW) Separates from Catholic Church & Changes its Name
Catholic HealthCare West (CHW) has announced that it has changed its name to Dignity Health as part of a restructuring, which ends its affiliation with the Catholic Church (San Jose Mercury News). The system will remain a not-for-profit system and … Continue reading
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Recent Changes to Federal Legislation
2012 IRS Plan Limits for HSA Health Savings Account contributions are indexed annually for inflation and updated by the IRS. Key changes to the HSA contributions and HSA compatible plan limits include the following: 2012 2011 Health Savings Account … Continue reading
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Anthem Blue Cross and Tenet Healthcare Still in Negotiations
Anthem Blue Cross and Tenet Healthcare (“Tenet”) have been in contract negotiations since July 27, 2011, when Anthem received a termination letter from Tenet, effective February 1, 2012. The commercial hospital negotiations have been based on reaching an agreement on … Continue reading
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