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By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 07, 2008
A CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLYMAN introduced legislation last month requiring insurers to seek approval from a state agency before canceling a policy. Just days later, Los Angeles’ city attorney fi...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | March 07, 2008
NEWARK, NJ – Partners in Care and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s one-year pilot on the patient centered medical home (PC-MH) has demonstrated improved clinical outcomes and...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 06, 2008
Moving hospitals to a value-based payment system won't be a slam-dunk, according to testimony presented Thursday in a Senate Finance Committee roundtable meeting. According to a repor...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 06, 2008
Hospital executives are exacting some revenge on payers that they perceive as being difficult to work with. Responses from 113 hospital executives, representing about 500 hospit...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | March 06, 2008
Officials at Alamance Regional Medical Center report they were  able to save $2 million on supplies last year by using a spending analytics tool that allowed physicians to identify savings opport...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | March 05, 2008
The federal government should "make broad changes" to ensure Medicare's future, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended last week. In its annual report to Congress, M...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 05, 2008
Congressional budget committee leaders are under pressure to reject budget cuts in Medicare and Medicaid expenditures proposed by the Bush administration in its fiscal year 2009 budget plan and overtu...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | March 05, 2008
The Cathedral Healthcare System has agreed to pay $5.3 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded the federal Medicare program, the Justice Department has announced....
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 04, 2008
A large financial services company that's playing a role in electronic healthcare transactions is taking on a new name and hoping to become a one-stop destination for individuals navigating the nation...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | March 04, 2008
Healthcare issues remain at the forefront as presidential hopefuls face primaries today in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont. At stake are 176 delegates in Texas and Ohio, vital to both Demo...