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Speakers lined up for the first Leadership Forum on Medical Tourism say the industry could prompt a movement to transparency in healthcare pricing. Key topics that the forum wi...
Operating costs rose faster than revenue in many medical group practices in 2006, according to two surveys released at the 2007 Annual Conference of the Medical Group Management Association....
The Principal Financial Group of Des Moines, Iowa has announced that it will pay certain customer fees on health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements for a limited t...
Presidential hopeful Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) said last Thursday that he stands behind universal healthcare coverage, but would not aim to replace or diminish the role of employer-based healthcare t...
While providers say patient-centered care is a top priority, most fall short on delivering it, the author of a new report says. The Commonwealth Fund study, authored by D. Sh...
Only a week after failing to override a presidential veto, House Democrats have pulled together replacement legislation to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Th...
A bill introduced in Congress earlier this week aims to provide transparency in medical device pricing for hospitals to help them negotiate on prices and reduce Medicare spending....
Rising costs are forcing Americans to change the way they use the healthcare system, according to the results a survey released this week. However, the jury’s out for consum...
An industry coalition of providers, suppliers, group purchasing organizations and others has endorsed standards for organizational and product idenfiers intended to facilitate supply ordering and othe...
CHICAGO – A charge description master, or CDM, encompasses basic information and coding about everything a hospital can charge a patient. Despite its importance, indep...