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New regulations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services require health insurers to spend 80 percent to 85 percent of consumers' premiums on direct care for patients and efforts to improve care quality, starting in 2011.
The Health Resources and Services Administration at the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $8 million for existing Community Health Center Cooperative Agreements, which will provide additional technical assistance for the organizations that support community health centers.
H.D. Smith, a Springfield, Ill.-based pharmaceutical wholesaler, has been selected by the Moffitt Cancer Center as its primary pharmaceutical supplier of critical therapies designed to help patients undergoing treatment for cancer.
A South Carolina Medical Association survey indicates insurance company protocols often interfere with physicians' ability to provide optimal care for their patients.
The owner of a Miami-area HIV clinic has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for his part in a Medicare fraud scheme.
A national physicians organization says doctors are unhappy with healthcare reform and feel that patient care will suffer as a consequence.
The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare rose 7.08 percent over the past 12 months, according to data released this week by Standard & Poor's.
After three years of using Craneware's Chargemaster Toolkit at its five teaching hospitals, Continuum Health Partners will add new tools designed to improve revenue integrity.
The $400,000 grant will support a health disparities pilot aimed at improving diabetes treatment and care for Hispanics and African Americans.
IBM and Aetna subsidiary ActiveHealth Management, alongside Medens Corp., will deliver cloud services to help physicians in Puerto Rico share and exchange health information and make more accurate decisions about patient care.