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Portico Healthnet has been awarded $988,000 by the Department of Health and Human Services to launch the Minnesota Coalition for Kids Health Coverage.
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions announced two new partnerships this week that are designed to help patients pay their bills quicker and more efficiently.
Medical Group Management Association members rate Medicare Part B as the top performer in a survey of member satisfaction with major health plans.
Yet another threat of a Medicare payment cut makes it hard for physician practices to budget and could have “serious ramifications” for practices across the country, said William F. Jessee, MD, CEO of the Medical Group Management Association.
First National Merchant Solutions, based in Omaha, Neb., has launched First Paid Healthcare Solutions, a suite of products designed to help speed up the payment process, eliminate confusion and pare and cut costs for healthcare providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule Friday it claims will improve performance of prescription drug and health plans by strengthening the standards required to participate in the Medicare program.
Nurses and doctors from nine healthcare battleground states canvassed for health reform on Saturday.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has deployed a new Web-based portal to use as its health information exchange platform.
The new multi-layer Web portal, developed by Cambridge, Mass.-based NaviNet, will be used to assist Horizon BCBSNJ in reducing paperwork, simplifying administrative processes and reducing expenses with electronic exchange of health data.
A $54 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow Kaiser Permanente to improve health research on public and clinical health areas, such as genotyping, colon cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Ezekiel Emanuel, a White House adviser on healthcare policy, says high-touch is the way to fix the nation's failing – and costly – healthcare system.