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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...
Contributed By Elizabeth W. Boehm & Bruce D. Temkin Health plan executives are confronted by a daunting challenge – they face increasing cost pressures, more complex plan designs, ris...
WASHINGTON – Standard business rules have been released by a collaborative organization to facilitate the data exchange process between providers and insurers. The rules w...
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...
The Authentidate Holding Corp. of Berkeley Heights, N.J., a vendor of secure enterprise workflow management applications, has announced that American HomePatient, Inc., one of the nat...
Physicians are not as likely as once thought to leave their practices due to spikes in malpractice premiums, according to a new Harvard study that counted procedures rather than polled physicians....
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are continuing to ratchet up the pressure on specialty hospitals, requiring them to improve their ability to treat patients with emergen...
WASHINGTON - If Medicare is a good thing, then why not expand it? So say Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Rep. John Dingell (D-...
Changes in Medicare contained in a massive proposed federal rule will result in nearly $25 billion in reductions in hospital payments over five years, a national advocacy group is charging....
Congress’ last-minute deferral of a 5 percent cut to Medicare reimbursements last year means physicians may face up to a 10 percent cut in 2008, the Congressional Budget Office has warned....