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DENVER - In a move expected to reduce physicians’ administrative workloads, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed into law a bill to make the language in payer-provider contracts more transparent...

PA. PROVIDER BUYS HOUSTON HEALTH SYSTEM FOR $49M Select Medical Corp of Pennsylvania, a leading provider of specialty healthcare, has purchased Nexus Health Systems of Houston, a pr...

INDIANAPOLIS – WellPoint’s pharmacy benefit manager is offering financial incentive to its members in seven additional states for the latest generic-drug addition to its GenericSelect prog...

Today there is hardly a more hotly debated topic than pay-for-performance, or P4P. And yet, despite all the brouhaha, it’s still only a distant speck on the horizon. In line with t...

The federal government should do a better job of overseeing state Medicaid finances, according to a report issued Monday by the General Accountability Office. The 54-page GA...

WASHINGTON – Standard business rules have been released by a collaborative organization to facilitate the data exchange process between providers and insurers. The rules w...

WASHINGTON – A group of Democrats and other supporters are calling for a law that would allow government officials to negotiate for lower Medicare drug prices. According to Sen. D...

PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ – An alliance that’s promoting the benefits of using smart cards in healthcare suggests the cards can contain both clinical and financial information to improve care...

WASHINGTON – The number of people covered by health savings accounts or high-deductible health plans rose to 4.5 million this past January, up more than 40 percent from the previous year....

WINCHESTER, VA – Hospitals dealing with patients who say they have no insurance often have trouble collecting for services after the fact. Even though some organizations may feel that pay...