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By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 27, 2008
NEW YORK – Uncertainties related to the subprime mortgage crisis and the financial health of investment banking firms continue to create a borrowing crisis for some healthcare organizations....
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 27, 2008
SEATTLE – Two separate projects aimed at facilitating the sharing of patient eligibility and other administrative data are continuing to move toward a unified approach to sharing patient informa...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | March 27, 2008
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released its annual state healthcare quality report Wednesday, showing disappointing gains. According to the "State Snapshots"...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | March 27, 2008
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...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 26, 2008
Roughly one-third of the respondents to a recent AFL-CIO story say they've skipped medical care due to the cost. The labor organization released the results of the online survey th...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | March 26, 2008
The annual Medicare Trustees report, released Tuesday, indicates Medicare spending is growing faster than the economy, potentially leaving the Medicare Hospital Trust Fund under-financed within the ne...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 25, 2008
A new survey indicates employers are watching their employees' healthcare spending in an effort to hold down rising healthcare costs. Survey results released Monday by Mercer...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | March 25, 2008
Two multi-specialty medical groups will automate their payer contract management processes and monitor payer compliance to recover and boost overall revenue. Harvard Va...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 25, 2008
Medicare beneficiaries who are poor, old, chronically ill or have low incomes are disproportionately affected by out-of-pocket costs under the federal program, according to a study by The Commonwealth...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | March 24, 2008
Cigna's online Prescription Drug Price Quote tool will help the health insurer's members save more money by offering prescription discount coupons on generic drugs as well as real-time price compariso...