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By Chip Means | 12:00 am | March 14, 2007
Action to provide healthcare coverage to the nation's 47 million uninsured residents must be taken immediately, Senators and health experts agreed at Wednesday's Senate Finance Committee Hearing....
By Chip Means | 12:00 am | March 13, 2007
A coalition of California health insurers that last year paid $55 million to physician groups for reaching quality care measures in a pay-for-performance program has added care efficiency to its asses...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | March 13, 2007
While a large majority of providers are using some kind of technology to verify patients' eligibility, many are not aware of initiatives under way to reduce common administrative hassles in healthcare...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | March 13, 2007
Lawson Software of St. Paul, Minn. has announced that Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H. has licensed the company's Enterprise Financial Management and Supply Chain Management...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | March 13, 2007
NEW ORLEANS – The Department of Health and Human Services will award an $800,000 federal contract aimed at promoting healthcare IT collaboration among state leaders. The contract...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | March 13, 2007
Physicians in Washington state say they would like to support a new regional healthcare quality study, but they remain wary of the limited time and funds allotted to the program, according to W. Hugh...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | March 09, 2007
At a House subcommittee hearing last week, Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), said it is time for a permanent fix for the Medicare fee-for-service physician payment system before healthcare for sen...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | March 09, 2007
An initiative of the Medical Banking Project is aiming to develop a common medical banking platform in the next year to support a growing range of healthcare financial transactions....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | March 09, 2007
The benefits and problems employers and insurers face in the growing industry of medical tourism will be addressed at the International Medical Tourism Conference (TIMTC), to be held in Las Vegas from...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | March 07, 2007
CHATTANOOGA, TN – By the end of March, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee expects to deploy a suite of Web-based applications to five pilot providers. Implementation o...