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By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 19, 2008
The American College of Physicians has released a white paper that supports the importance of primary care in providing patients with better outcomes at lower cost and the urgency of the need to preve...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 19, 2008
Low fees discourage physicians from treating Medicaid patients, but payment delays also play an important role in physician decisions to avoid Medicaid patients, according to a study by the Center for...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 18, 2008
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, located just south of the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area in Mansfield, Texas, has embarked on a $34 million expansion project.International architectural fir...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | November 18, 2008
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, the largest health insurer in the stare, has saved nearly a half-million dollars by employing compensation management technology.BCBSVT employed VUE Com...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 18, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reportedly saving taxpayers approximately $400 million by reducing improper payments in Medicare fee-for-service programs.According to the...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 18, 2008
Healthcare is so expensive in the United States because we don't reimburse doctors and hospitals intelligently, according to a new report by the nonprofit Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement....
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 17, 2008
Beginning in 2010, Medicare Advantage special needs plans that serve Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions must meet new guidelines issued last week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 17, 2008
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has released the second report from his initiative on personalized healthcare, examining the potential for new findings in genetics and other molecu...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 17, 2008
South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control will likely close some of its rural health clinics due to the state's budget woes.According to reports from The State of...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | November 17, 2008
Healthation, a Darien, Ill.-based provider of claims management technology, has signed an agreement with Core V Solutions, Inc., a licensed third-party administrator and insurance agency based...