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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:39 pm | September 03, 2009
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius traveled to Maine Thursday to formally release a new report on the importance of health insurance reform for older women.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:56 am | September 03, 2009
Up to six one-year grants, worth $500,000 each, will be made to organizations successfully proposing programs that directly benefit older adults.
By Diana Manos | 11:56 am | September 03, 2009
A new study shows how Louisiana's hospitals are responsible for providing economic stability to its communities.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:45 am | September 03, 2009
According to a new report, Medicare Advantage plans will be paid $11 billion in 2009, or $1,140 more per enrollee than it would cost to care for the same number of beneficiaries under traditional fee-for-service Medicare.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:48 am | September 03, 2009
Lovelace Health Plan, a 200,000-member plan owned by the Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System, has signed a six-year business process outsourcing contract.
By Chip Means | 05:02 pm | September 02, 2009
Revenue cycle management is one of the largest and most significant healthcare product categories in the age of stimulus fund, pay for performance and self-pay models. Our September 2009 issue provides an overview of the trends and products shaping RCM.
By Chelsey Ledue | 04:56 pm | September 02, 2009
American pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. have agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle criminal and civil liability from marketing fraud.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:43 am | September 02, 2009
The National Community Pharmacists Association is urging Congress to preserve Medicaid patients’ access to approximately 23,000 community pharmacies.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:24 am | September 02, 2009
The Hospital Corporation of America has joined Practice Greenhealth, a group of organizations in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices.
By Diana Manos | 11:19 am | September 02, 2009
A new study shows healthcare providers are concerned about the increase in a new strain of hospital-acquired infections.