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By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 23, 2007
WASHINGTON – Hospitals and healthcare organizations who think they have until May 23 to transition to the National Provider Identifier (NPI) on Medicare claims now have less time than they thoug...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | October 23, 2007
DETROIT – By all accounts, General Motors’ agreement to contribute $29.9 million to the United Auto Workers’ healthcare trust constitutes the largest upfront funding in the history o...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 23, 2007
WASHINGTON – President Bush, who recently delivered on his promise to veto Senate’s $35 billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, has succeeded in garnering...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 23, 2007
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in October that it will conduct a home health pay-for-performance (P4P) demonstration that will be a precursor to a permanent...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | October 23, 2007
BENTONVILLE, AK – Critics agree that the changes Wal-Mart has made in its 2008 healthcare benefits for associates are an improvement. But there are far more inherent problems with the...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | October 23, 2007
NEW YORK – As employers look to save on healthcare spending, they’re giving wellness programs serious consideration. However, even though they’re expanding offerings beyond tradition...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | October 23, 2007
WASHINGTON – Seven companies that market private fee-for-service plans for Medicare have received permission from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to begin marketing the plans to ben...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | October 22, 2007
Nuance Communications of Burlington, Mass. has signed an agreement to acquire Vocada, Inc. of Dallas, a provider of critical test result management solutions....
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 22, 2007
Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) outlined her plan for universal healthcare at an Oct. 18 presidential forum on healthcare held by the Kaiser Family Foundation....
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | October 19, 2007
Do process management approaches that work in other industries have an impact in a healthcare environment? Meadows Regional Medical Center has become a believer. Making use of an inno...