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United HealthGroup and Aetna have agreed to pay millions of dollars to members who were scammed in what New York investigators called a "rigged" billing system.
A new survey of community clinics in California reveals that the statewide shortage of allied health workers is putting a great strain on these nonprofit health organizations.
Despite the economic downturn in 2008, physicians have seen an average salary increase of 4.4 percent for specialists and 4 percent for primary care, according to Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc. ' s 16th 2008 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey Report.
The House passed a bill Wednesday to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), with the Senate scheduled to mark up a bill sometime Thursday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has granted three-year extensions for three successful participants in the Care Management for High Cost Beneficiaries Demonstration.
Establishing a national single-payer-style healthcare reform system would provide a major stimulus for the U.S. economy, according to the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association.
Thousands of lives - and an estimated $400 billion in healthcare spending - could be saved by putting healthcare information technology to work and adopting best practices, said former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the founder of the Center for Health Transformation.
The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released the long-awaited ICD-10 code set and set a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2013.
Cardinal Health is joining forces with Ohio's business leaders and healthcare providers in an effort to improve patient safety in the state's hospitals.
CIGNA's Choice Fund account-based consumer-driven health plans reduced medical costs by 13 percent relative to HMO and PPO plans, according to a study released today by the insurer.The multi-...