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Nov

Are New Consumer Satisfaction Measurements Needed for NCQA Health Plan Ratings?

Posted by Mary Pat Whaley  Published in Reimbursement

From today’s US News & World Report:
This is the fourth year that U.S. News and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, managed care’s major accrediting and standards-setting body, have teamed up to rank healthcare plans. We release the rankings during open-enrollment season, when millions of Americans prepare to select their healthcare coverage for the next [...]

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Tags: healthcare plans, Medicaid, Medicare, MGMA, National Committee for Quality Assurance, NCQA, open enrollment, U.S.News & Wold Report

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20

Sep

Basics for Healthcare Managers: Medicare Parts A, B, C & D with 2009 Premiums & Deductibles

Posted by Mary Pat Whaley  Published in Reimbursement

With the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revealing yesterday what the Medicare premiums and deductibles will be for 2009, it seems like a good time to brush up on Medicare and what choices providers have in enrolling and participating in Medicare.
Medicare is a health insurance program created in 1965 for:

people age 65 [...]

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Tags: allowable, deductible, limiting charge, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, par.non-par, Part A, Part B, part C, Part D, premium

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