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WASHINGTON – Thirty states will share more than $49 million in grants awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services to support their high-risk pools.More than 200,000 individua...
EAGAN, MN – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is waiving co-pays for members who use retail health clinics. “Part of the initiative is to optimize care delivery and keep pre...
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Small practices are expected to benefit from two free Web-based dashboards that enable physicians and group practices to compare themselves to national norms.The...
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kerry D-Mass and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced the Empowered at Home Act with the intent of increasing access to home- and community-based services....
WASHINGTON – An organization that sets standards and rules for marketing municipal securities is raising concerns that banks could be violating federal law by linking the purchase of services to...
ST LOUIS, MO – A recent study has found that families with similar demographics and children with special needs have different out-of-pocket health expenditures depending on the state in which t...
GAO exposes flaws in CMS approval of DME suppliersMedicare is doing a poor job in screening suppliers of durable medical equipment, having failed to identify two fake suppliers in a recent...
WASHINGTON – The debate over H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, was focused on removing the Medicare physician payment cuts and a battle of wills betwee...
SEATTLE – Employers trying to get a handle on healthcare costs often find their hands tied by one simple fact of life: You can’t predict the unpredictable. While medical emergenci...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has developed a new guide to help technology innovators navigate Medicare coverage, coding and payment requirements. The guide called the &quo...