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NAPA, CA – Regulus knows the paper-based side of healthcare. It claims to send the highest volume of first-class mail of anyone in the U.S. While it’s a huge provider in s...
Contributed by Francois de Brantes/Douglas Emery Health information exchanges or regional health information organizations have emerged as vehicles to facilitate the f...
SAN FRANCISCO – Community health centers can gain significant quality benefits from the use of electronic health records, but these benefits do not cover the costs of going paperless, reported a...
Insurers raise premiums, deny surpluses Washington state-based health insurance companies have continued to increase their premiums even though they are suspected of having $2...
Is there gold in them thar hills? That’s what hospital chain purchasers might be thinking now. When HCA became one of the biggest leveraged buyouts in history late last year, eyebr...
WASHINGTON – A report released in early February reveals that roughly 2 percent of capital spent on the workforce is drained by disability, absenteeism and presenteeism....
WASHINGTON – A diverse coalition of advocacy groups, employers, payers and healthcare associations preceded President Bush’s plan for universal coverage by announcing on Jan. 18 an “...
NEW YORK – Coordination of care among providers could be improved if financial incentives were properly aligned, recent research suggests. “Although accountable for tr...
RECENT LEGISLATIVE activity on healthcare issues in Washington has focused heavily on oversight and disagreement over spending. It’s hard to say which came first....
MODESTO, CA – At a time when health plans are trying to cut administrative costs by pushing member self-service to member portals, one health plan has opened a retail storefront to reach out to...