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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...
IN MID-JANUARY, Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates reported that it expects to record $200 million in bad debt expense in the fourth quarter due to an increase in self-paying patients....
The development of a new tool for measuring return on investment in hospital-based pay-for- performance (P4P) programs has been announced by the Leapfrog Group, HSM Group and Discern Consulting....
THE RECENT DISCLOSURE that The HealthTrust Purchasing Group and Consorta are pooling their procurement power is prompting speculation about whether this is a sign that consolidation among group purcha...
CLEVELAND – In unity there is strength – and savings – for University Hospitals. The 11-hospital chain moved to a unified approach for ordering supplies and was able...
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...
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....