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WHEN IS too much too much, or too little too little when it comes to government interference? That's a question on everyone's mind with the election and Republican vs Democrat solutions for the econom...

HARTFORD, CT – Aetna is the first U.S. health plan to establish a policy of requiring all of its vendors to provide employees with health insurance by 2011.Aetna is working with its ven...

WASHINGTON – The American Medical Association is countering efforts calling for the increased regulation of specialty hospitals owned by physicians.In May, the hospital industry upped t...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – The land of Russell Crowe, Crowded House and kiwis is trying to attract Americans and Canadians seeking less expensive medical care.Medtral New Zealand, based in...

SAN FRANCISCO – Helping providers maneuver their way through the intricacies of healthcare payments has always been one of the goals of RelayHealth. Now the McKesson subsidiary, which offers a p...

CMS announces demo for hospital-physician paymentThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services want to test an approach of bundling payment for both hospital and physician services. CMS...

BUFFALO, NY – A holistic approach to consolidating patient access and accounting systems among its five hospitals has paid big dividends for Kaleida Health.The integrated delivery syste...

GetWellNetwork, daisy team up to reward nursesGetWellNetwork, Inc., a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of interactive patient care solutions, is teaming up with the DAISY Foundation to help bo...

MARIETTA, GA – A medical banking organization is leading efforts to standardize the use of denial codes by health plans.Agreement on a taxonomy of denial codes will provide benefits to...

WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last month announced payment rates for the nation’s facilities that treat Medicare beneficaries for extended periods of time....