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PA. PROVIDER BUYS HOUSTON HEALTH SYSTEM FOR $49M Select Medical Corp of Pennsylvania, a leading provider of specialty healthcare, has purchased Nexus Health Systems of Houston, a pr...
Healthcare consumers using online resources to compare and choose physicians now have the option of basing their decisions on whether a certain doctor has paid a malpractice settlement. ...
WASHINGTON – Nearly one-third of American health consumers are intolerant of even the slightest inaccuracies in reporting physician performance ratings, a recent study found. Matthew Davi...
Congress has introduced a bipartisan proposal to expand and streamline State Children's Health Insurance Programs. Under the Healthy Kids Act of 2007, sponsored by Reps. Rahm Em...
WASHINGTON – At a March hearing, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reported that Medicare is overpaying Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by an average of 112 percent....
NEW YORK – A coalition of medical and advocacy groups is pushing for laws in 20 states that would require health insurers to provide colon screenings. Colonoscopies would hel...
BLUE BELL, PA – When a medical bill goes unpaid, the only one to benefit is the collection agency. That’s why insurers and health plans are looking for any edge to make sure patients...
WATERTOWN, MA – athenahealth, Inc. has jumped into the pay-for-performance pool with both feet, announcing in March that its Web-based athenaNet practice management system includes physician qua...
AHA ASKS CMS FOR HOSPITAL INPUT ON MAC SELECTION The American Hospital Association is asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow hospitals and other providers to par...
PITTSBURGH – Consolidation and economies of scale are two key reasons behind the combination of two large Blues plans in Pennsylvania. The merger, announced in late March, will form an orga...