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Insurance

Poor Results for Uninsured

ORLANDO, Fla.—Uninsured adults at high risk of kidney disease in the United States were more likely to progress to kidney failure or death than those with private health insurance coverage, according to new research presented at the National Kidney Foundation’s Spring ...More
April 3, 2013
Posted in News, Practice Management
New Rule Protects Patient Privacy, Secures Health Information

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved forward today to strengthen the privacy and security protections for health information established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). ...More
January 18, 2013
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Obama Administration Moves Forward to Implement Health Care Law

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration moved forward today to implement provisions in the health care law that would make it illegal for insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. The provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also would ...More
November 21, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Health Law Could Make Family Coverage Too Costly for Many

WASHINGTON—The new health care law is known as the Affordable Care Act. But Democrats in Congress and advocates for low-income people say coverage may be unaffordable for millions of Americans because of a cramped reading of the law by the administration and by the Internal ...More
August 14, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
ACA Will Cover Most Uninsured Kids

WASHINGTON—Implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will make about three-fourths of the seven million children who were uninsured in 2009 eligible for health insurance, a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found, reported MedPage Today. ...More
July 27, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Examining Insurance Issues

My thanks to those of you sending questions and sharing your experiences with some of the current challenges we are facing in renal billing. The change to 5010 continues to cause fits in some parts of the country. If you are having 5010 issues, let me know so I can share ...More
July 25, 2012
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Reform Law

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the insurance provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are constitutional, handing President Barack Obama a major election-year victory and shunning 26 states that had sought to overturn the reform law, ...More
June 28, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Aetna, UHC Accept More Frequent HHD

Insurance companies are jumping on the "more frequent dialysis is better" bandwagon. In March, UnitedHealthCare (UHC) changed coverage plans that provide payment for more frequent home hemodialysis (HHD). On Monday, June 18, Aetna named the NxStage System One "medically ...More
June 25, 2012
Posted in Blog
New DiaSource Solution Introduced for Dialysis Cost Containment

DALLAS— American CareSource Holdings, Inc. today introduced its new DiaSource solution for containment of dialysis costs. The solution is from Ancillary Care Services (ACS), the leading national network of ancillary healthcare providers and a wholly owned subsidiary of ...More
May 10, 2012
Posted in News, Business
ESRD MSP Applies to Health Insurance Exchanges

The Obama Administration has clarified that the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) provision will apply to end-stage renal disease patients who are enrolled in small group plans within the health insurance exchanges that are being formed under healthcare reform. ...More
March 12, 2012
Posted in Blog, Government & Regulation