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By Diana Manos | 11:37 am | October 15, 2010
A collection of group purchasing organizations has announced their readiness to adopt standards for identifying healthcare provider locations.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:11 am | October 15, 2010
Information technology and data mining capabilities had a role in dismantling what authorities are calling the largest Medicare fraud scheme ever, involving 73 members and associates of organized crime and more than $163 million in fraudulent billing.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:56 am | October 15, 2010
With an estimated 50 percent of survey respondents either skipping dental work because of the cost or not going to the dentist at all, a California- and Canada-based healthcare firm is looking to make that trip to the dentist a little easier.
By Chris Anderson | 11:58 am | October 14, 2010
In what U.S. government officials are calling the largest Medicare fraud scheme to come to light, 73 people were indicted Wednesday and charged with a variety of healthcare fraud-related crimes that involve more than $163 million in fraudulent billing.
By Diana Manos | 11:53 am | October 14, 2010
A House investigation has found that some leading health insurance companies deny maternity coverage as a pre-existing condition in the individual health insurance market.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:37 am | October 14, 2010
CSC has been awarded a Department of Defense contract to support the Pharmacy Data Transaction Service, part of the U.S. military health system's TRICARE.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:50 am | October 14, 2010
Physicians looking to go it alone in this economy need all the help they can get. Wells Fargo is looking to provide that assistance.
By Chris Anderson | 11:59 am | October 13, 2010
The AARP's "Decide, Create, Share" campaign aims to help women understand how they will pay for care, as well as offering steps on how to plan for future long-term care needs.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:52 am | October 13, 2010
The owner of two Houston healthcare companies has pled guilty in connection with schemes to defraud Medicare of $6.3 million, according to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.
By Diana Manos | 11:29 am | October 13, 2010
A new survey shows that 84 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are satisfied with their coverage and more than 80 percent say their Part D premiums and co-payments are affordable.