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Overall hospital prices increased 0.1 percent in March and were 2.1 percent higher than a year ago, according to a federal Bureau of Labor Statistics report this week.
ActiveHealth Management of New York has rolled out a new solution that combines its disease management (DM) program with a value-based insurance design (VBID) incentive.
Congress has urged the White House Office of Health Reform, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services to review and rescind the controversial competitive bidding rule before it is scheduled to go into effect on Saturday.
Over-the-counter medicine use saves American consumers more than $20 billion per year in both direct and indirect costs, which bodes well for the Rx-to-OTC market, says a new report.
The Premier healthcare alliance has released an enhanced version of its drug budgeting tool to help member hospitals build more accurate pharmacy budgets based on their individual purchasing patterns, inflationary indices and expected generics competition in specific therapeutic categories.
A new J.D. Power and Associates study shows that customer satisfaction with healthcare providers varies widely across the United States.
The American Hospital Association says the national average fee-for-service growth rate for Medicare Advantage plans in 2010 has raised additional concerns that the fiscal year 2010 inpatient prospective payment system update could be very small.
A new study from PricewaterhouseCoopers says federal stimulus funding for healthcare IT is crucial to the implementation of electronic health records in hospitals – but threats to take away funding in the long run may be even more persuasive.
Advanced Radiologic Physicians of Bowling Green, Ohio, has hired a new practice management and billing services firm.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched a $32 million public-private partnership designed to add thousands of professionals to California’s healthcare facilities over the next three years.