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LOUISVILLE, KY – Humana’s launch of a new portfolio of individual health insurance plans in four states under its HumanaOne brand is the most recent announcement by payers targeting the in...

House issues bill to speed up Part D payments Community pharmacies have been plagued with slow and low reimbursement under Medicare Part D, according to sponsors of legislation to spe...

LONDON – A report by independent market analyst Datamonitor predicts the home telehealth market will grow at a five-year compound annual rate of 56 percent, compared to only 9.9 percent growth i...

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans without health insurance has risen by more than 2 million since 2005, and among them are 700,000 more uninsured children, the U.S. Census Bureau has announce...

WASHINGTON – The book appears complete on the federal government’s rules to limit the possibility of financial conflict of interest by physicians who refer patients to their own facilities...

WASHINGTON – A recent study released by the Government Accountability Office encourages the federal government to more closely watch spending under Medicare’s alternative HMO care plan, th...

Aetna Inc. wants to give healthcare providers a way to connect directly to the insurer for the transmission of batch and real-time transactions. The service, called Aetna EDI...

CINCINNATI – Bloomington, Ind., and Clark and Champaign counties in Ohio announced the launch of their community health information exchanges, or HIEs, in September. By leveragi...

Contributed by Linc Smith IN APRIL, states, communities and advocacy groups across the nation again marked “Cover the Uninsured Week,” an important reminder that nearly 45 mi...

Hospitals fall short on preventing infectionsEighty-seven percent of U.S. hospitals do not comply with recommended steps for preventing infections, according to a new study by the Leapfrog...