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Congress may have changed as a result of the 2006 elections, but few financial managers see much hope that legislators will permanently address cuts threatened each year as part of the government's Su...
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey is one of at least 24 states considering universal health coverage along the lines of the plan adopted by Massachusetts in April 2006(see story above). According to the...
Large medical group practices have proven they can adjust to respond to a variety of quality and cost-containment incentives, in one of the first tests of a pay-for-performance approach....
A recent commonwealth fund study of Medicare Advantage plans is "based on flawed methodology," America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) president Karen Ignagni said in a Nov. 30 press release....
Physicians may face a 10 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements in 2008, the Congressional Budget warns, thanks in part to Congress' December action to defer a scheduled 5 percent cut....
Employers are proactively taking on spiraling healthcare costs. That's the theme of the personal health record (PHR) initiative announced in December by Intel Corp., Wal-Mart, Pitney Bowes, British Pe...
SAN Jose, CA – A global business intelligence company with its toe in the healthcare finance pool could be diving into the market in the near future, thanks to a newly announced merger....
The Medical Banking Project is taking on its first test case, aiming to begin to show how the nation's banks can play a role in solving some of the most vexing issues in healthcare data exchanges....
We are on a first-name basis with someone in our community named Tina.Let's call her poor Tina. She works in an oral surgeon's office in our community. She handles insurance, contentious clai...
A Colorado man whose name, social security number and address were stolen was billed $44,000 by a hospital for a surgical procedure he never had. Two years later, he's still working to clear his name...