Call for Advisory Committee Nominations – California Health eQuality Initiative IPHI seeking nominations for a statewide CHeQ HIE Advisory Committee. October 3, 2012 News, Technology CHeQ, California Health eQuality Initiative, IPHI 0 0 Comment Read More »
Reports Find Drop in Physician Visits, Rise in Health Care Spending U.S. adults ages 18 to 64 made an average of 3.9 visits to physicians and other health care providers in 2010, down from an average of 4.8 visits in 2001, according to a report released Monday by the Census Bureau. October 3, 2012 News, Payment Health care spending, Patient Visits 0 0 Comment Read More »
Brown & Toland Selected as a Top-Performing Physician Group The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) has released a list of the top-performing and most-improved physician groups in California as part of a pay-for-performance initiative. Several Bay Area groups were recognized, including Brown & Toland Physicians, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, and Sutter Medical Group. September 28, 2012 News Integrated Healthcare Association, Brown & Toland 0 0 Comment Read More »
Blue Shield Exiting Healthy Families Program on October 1 Physicians are reminded that effective October 1, 2012, Blue Shield of California will no longer provide coverage for over 31,000 Healthy Families patients in California. September 27, 2012 News, Payment Blue Shield of California, Healthy Families 0 0 Comment Read More »
Palmetto GBA Loses Medicare MAC Contract The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) yesterday announced that Noridian Administrative Services (NAS) has been named the new Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for Medicare Parts A and B in California, Nevada, and Hawaii, as well as the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands (Jurisdiction E, previously called Jurisdiction 1). September 24, 2012 Medicare, News MAC, Noridian Administrative Services, Noridian, Palmetto GBA 0 0 Comment Read More »
