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Thomson Healthcare of Stamford, Conn. has entered into a strategic partnership with Atlanta-based Emory University to form the Institute for Health Productivity Studies, which will conduct stud...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has responded to a challenge to provide savings information on a competitive bidding process it's implementing for durable medical equipment....
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...
The United Health Foundation and drug manufacturer Pfizer have each awarded $50,000 unrestricted grants to the American College of Physicians. ACP officials say they will use the money to develop phys...
Congress is seeking a bigger role in plans by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement bidding among durable medical equipment suppliers. On Wednesday, members of the...
Eight out of 10 Americans are concerned about access to care for seniors and baby boomers due the physician payment cuts scheduled for July 1, according to a poll conducted by the American Medical Ass...
A study released Thursday by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) shows that hospital quality improvement programs increase strain on nurses, aggravating an already difficult nursing sho...
Rural physician practices in Tennessee are receiving free electronic prescribing tools thanks to a pilot program launched earlier this month by the Bureau of TennCare and Shared Health, the state's la...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has contracted with National Government Services (NGS) to serve as the first point of contact for the processing and payment of Medicare fee-for-service claims fr...
A three-year survey shows that although consumer-driven and high deductible health plans increased in 2007, they still only make up a small segment of the overall insurance market....