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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:17 pm | June 10, 2011
When AHIP Institute convenes on June 15, the conference and exhibition will in reality be four events rolled into one.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:59 pm | June 10, 2011
Health plans that focus their energy on the four areas of health reform compliance, increasing administrative efficiency, improving quality of care and finding a successful method of competing in health insurance exchanges are those that will prosper over the long-haul.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:15 pm | June 10, 2011
A growing number of medical professionals are signing up to accept TRICARE, the healthcare plan for members of the uniformed services, retirees and their families, according to the Department of Defense.
By Diana Manos | 11:39 am | June 10, 2011
Cardinal Health on Friday announced a new college scholarship program, making $1.1 million in scholarship funds available to thirteen pharmacy schools across the United States.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:02 am | June 10, 2011
While many states are dragging their feet on setting up their state health insurance exchanges and their specific structures remain unknown, health plans can nonetheless start work now to address operational and strategic changes they will need to make in order to participate in this new distribution channel.
By Diana Manos | 12:17 pm | June 09, 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Wednesday it will extend the deadline for accountable care organizations that want to apply to be Pioneer ACO models. CMS officials said they are looking for advanced ACO programs to lead the way for ACO development nationwide.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:23 am | June 09, 2011
Optimism among chief financial officers in the United States has fallen, but spending plans indicate continued moderate growth over the next year, according to the most recent Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook Survey.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:21 am | June 09, 2011
A new study looking at U.S. hospital labor costs for nurses explores the comprehensive costs of employing nurses but the American Nurses Association says the study is an incomplete picture.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:59 am | June 08, 2011
WellPoint Inc. announced today that it entered into an agreement to acquire CareMore Health Group, a Medicare Advantage health plan that also operates 26 clinics in select markets in California, Arizona and Nevada.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:46 am | June 08, 2011
The State of Michigan is the latest entity to sue San Francisco-based prescription drug wholesaler McKesson Corp., for allegedly artificially inflating prices for certain brand name and generic drugs.