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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 “...
groups receive grant to promote patient safety The Health Research and Educational Trust, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the Medical Group Management Associ...
WASHINGTON– President Bush’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2008 calls for $70 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over five years. The $2.9 trilli...
Three Congressmen are re-opening questions regarding physician-owned specialty hospitals after a patient died in Texas last month after a procedure in one such facility....
MINNEAPOLIS – Insurers offering long-term care insurance are becoming more conservative in setting up reserves for those policies, perhaps anticipating that more policyholders will eventually us...
WASHINGTON – As President Bush’s healthcare plan, announced in his 2007 State of the Union Address, sinks in, industry stakeholders are debating the implications of tax credits, taxable he...
Navicure, a provider of automated, Web-based revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions for physician practices, has announced a new contract with the Methodist Medical Group of Peoria,...
LAKESIDE, MI - Seeking efficiency, cost-effectiveness and improved communication with patients, physicians in a Michigan-based health system have been testing a Web portal for virtual office visits. &...
DAYTON, OH – While e-prescribing initiatives are becoming more prevalent, the Anthem National Accounts pilot involving approximately 100 physicians in Dayton and Youngstown, Ohio eschews a healt...
OMAHA, NE – Alegent Health, a nine-hospital system in and around Omaha, Neb., is one of the first in the nation to provide consumers with accurate estimates of the cost of their care, factoring...