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A new report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and GE Healthcare Financial Services identifies strategies to help hospitals maximize technology investments in order to prevent...
The House last night voted 265-159 to pass legislation that would reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program to the tune of $35 billion over five years....
Even as the House voted last night to approve a $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt defended the Bush...
ATLANTA – Providers can achieve better cost-savings and organizational efficiencies simply by taking a better look at their processes and assets. Such is the mentality of two vendors offering We...
Coalition America, Inc. of Atlanta has announced a partnership with The TriZetto Group, Inc of Naperville, Ill to offer a repricing and adjudication solution for heal...
Presidential hopeful and former Senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) said yesterday that mandated universal healthcare is the one issue he will not bend on when it comes to his healthcare platform....
NEW YORK – Analysts digesting the healthcare reform plan of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) say it will be most effective in provoking discussion. However, the plan does little to add...
The health plan serving the 300,000-member American Postal Workers Union is offering premium reductions to entice employee members to enroll in its consumer-driven health plan....
WASHINGTON – Medicare officials announced on Aug. 22 a decrease in Medicare payments for home care services for 2008, drawing sharp criticism from home care lobbyists. The Cente...
CLEVELAND – Pricing transparency and the increasing rise of self-pay are making significant impacts on cash flow management for hospitals and large physician practices, experts say....