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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Findings from a data warehouse containing medical claims from three of Louisiana’s major payers reveals unwarranted variations in care throughout the state....
Incentive model could save nation $368B, report says Investment in a healthcare incentive, decision-making and cost-effectiveness program could save the United States $368 billion over 10...
WASHINGTON – Contrary to popular belief, healthcare spending over the next several decades will not be dominated by the coming retirement of the baby boomer generation, a new report from the Con...
HARTFORD, CN – Aetna is launching an Aetna Health Actions Rx-Savings incentive program for its self-funded employer groups. After one year of adoption, its pilot customer,...
THERE ARE MORE than 23,000 independent pharmacies, and 75,000 pharmacists in the United States. In 2006, after five years of stability, 1,152 pharmacies, about 5 percent of the nation’s ph...
WASHINGTON – For the second time in two months, President Bush vetoed legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program in an effort to prevent Congressional Democrats from...
WASHINGTON – Dialysis patients got a six-month reprieve in December when both the Senate and the House approved the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Act of 2007. However, many groups are still worri...
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a report to Congress recommending major changes to its Medicare hospital reimbursement system. Touting qua...
TAX ISSUES ARE GAINING PROMINENCE for healthcare organizations regardless of their status with the Internal Revenue Service, and 2008 could prove to be a challenging year for hospital finan...
Hospitalists reduce stays, have little impact on cost A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that patients treated by hospitalists had slightly shorter le...