Reimbursement
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COVID-19
HHS creates portal for COVID-19 provider reimbursement
April 27, 2020 / MICHAEL BRADY Providers can request reimbursement through a new web portal starting May 6 if they…
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Financial
MCRA Strengthens its Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Market Access Division with the Hiring of Tess Wong, MS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MCRA, LLC, is a leading clinical research organization (CRO) and advisory firm specializing in medical devices and…
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Orthopedic Surgeons: Insist on Private Rooms for TJA Patients!
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., November 27, 2019 While virtually any patient would prefer a private hospital room as opposed…
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50% of Total Joint Surgeons in the Dark About RUC Codes Controversy
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 21, 2019 For years they have participated in bundled care programs, saving millions of…
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Biologics
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Makes It Easier for Healthcare Providers to Choose Axolotl Biologix Products to Spur Wound and Tissue Regeneration
Phoenix, AZ (October 11, 2019) – Axolotl Biologix, an innovative biotechnology leader in regenerative medicine, announced it has obtained Healthcare…
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Financial
MCRA Hires Reimbursement Leader Tonya N. Dowd, MPH, as Vice President of Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Market Access
WASHINGTON, August 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — MCRA, LLC (www.mcra.com), a leading medical device advisory firm and Clinical Research Organization (CRO)…
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TJR Compensation…Lord of the Flies?
“It’s a zero-sum game,” says one concerned joint surgeon regarding the actions by the Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC).…
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Financial
Hospitals in financial straits due to difficult market conditions, poor cash management practices
April 16, 2019 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor Hospitals are struggling financially, especially smaller hospitals that operate independently or are part…
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Medicare X could cost hospitals $800 billion over 10 years and disrupt health insurance market, study says
March 13, 2019 / Susan Morse, Senior Editor The proposed Medicare-X Choice Act could cost hospitals $800 billion over 10 years…
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High drug prices: Who’s really to blame?
FEB 08, 2019 / Susan Morse, Senior Editor Providers, payers, pharmacists, pharmacy benefit managers, drug manufacturers and consumers all have a stake in…
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The tipping point for medtech: Consumer demands, innovation, and reimbursement
By: Glenn Snyder – November 17, 2016 Today, the health care industry appears to be facing an inherent tension. On one side,…
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Financial
Enabling Improved Patient Outcomes with Smith & Nephew’s Pioneering Episode of Care Assurance Program (eCAP)
8 November 2016 Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN; LSE:SN), the global medical technology business, announces that the U.S. health and wellness…
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Financial
LDR fights insurance companies for reimbursement of spinal disc implant
By VARUN SAXENA – June 13, 2016 Spinal implant specialist LDR has been held back by patchy insurance company reimbursement…
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Financial
Nomination of a US Healthcare Reimbursement and Finance Expert to the Board of Directors
Bordeaux, Boston, June 2, 2016 – IMPLANET (Euronext: IMPL, FR0010458729, PEA-PME eligible; OTCQX: IMPZY), a medical technology company specializing in…
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Episurf Medical receives expanded reimbursement coverage in the UK, Netherlands and Belgium
In line with Episurf Medical’s plan to achieve private health sector reimbursement, the Episealer® procedure and products have been approved…
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