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CDHP, HDHP survey: plans aren't doing their jobs A three-year survey shows that although consumer-driven and high deductible health plans increased in 2007, they still only make up a sm...
The MediNotes Corporation, a provider of certified electronic health record (EHR) systems, and Akamai Practice Management, a practice management and reimbursement service provider for independent phys...
PITTSBURGH – Healthcare organizations are facing a competitive market for staff, including executives, resulting in short-sighted hiring practices that often end up costing more money than expec...
A LAWSUIT FILED in March against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks to stop the federal agency from implementing a regulation that would restrict how states fund Medicaid programs and...
RESTON, VA – As much as the healthcare industry is trying to move to electronic data interchange, handling workers’ compensation bills is often like a trip down memory lane....
MARCH MARKED the five-year anniversary of the "shock and awe" beginning of our War in Iraq, and all over D.C., the country – and for that matter, the world – there was discussion of i...
PSS World Medical has announced that it has sold a portion of its shares of athenahealth, Inc., a Watertown, Mass.-based provider of Internet-based IT and business management services to physician pra...
TWO COMPANIES are launching an initiative to help state Medicaid programs save money by avoiding the manual recovery of pharmacy claims from commercial insurers. The proprietary program,...
WASHINGTON – A rare admission by the federal government that there are legitimate concerns surrounding a prescription pricing approach is a first step to resolving a lawsuit by groups representi...
According to a new survey, employers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio believe that worksite wellness programs are better than high-deductible health plans for managing healthcare costs....