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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:50 am | March 10, 2011
Intelimedix, which develops business intelligence tools for healthcare payers, has expanded its Tru:Insights solution to include dental health tracking, reporting and cost recovery.
By Chris Anderson | 11:46 am | March 10, 2011
The Department of Health & Human Services is granting a waiver to Maine health insurers, giving them three years to meet the 80 percent medical loss ratio required under health reform.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:18 am | March 10, 2011
Nearly half a million patients in New York's Hudson Valley are now associated with a patient-centered medical home, created in part with $1.5 million in incentives provided by six health plans organized by the Taconic Health Information Network and Community.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:07 am | March 09, 2011
Nearly half a million patients in New York's Hudson Valley are now associated with a patient-centered medical home, created in part with the help of $1.5 million in incentives provided by six health plans.
By Diana Manos | 10:56 am | March 09, 2011
A Las Vegas woman has pled guilty to falsely representing to Medicare that she owned a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment company which collected close to $2 million in federal reimbursement funds.
By Mike Miliard | 12:11 pm | March 08, 2011
Senior payer and provider executives say the Medicare Shared Savings Program and competition from other organizations, rather than pressure from employers, are driving the formation of commercial ACOs.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:50 am | March 08, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - Improving the availability, accuracy and delivery of information in an actionable way is at the heart of the myriad reforms impacting the healthcare industry today, according to an IDC Health Insights analyst.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 08:32 am | March 08, 2011
The American Medical Association is calling on the business community to help it fight administrative waste in healthcare. A root cause of the $200 billion a year problem, says AMA President Cecil B. Wilson, MD, is lack of standardization.
By John Maa, MD | 12:04 pm | March 07, 2011
An estimated 60% of American bankruptcies result from overwhelming medical costs. My uncle's tale illuminates the dual tragedy of suffering catastrophic illness and being uninsured.
By Diana Manos | 11:55 am | March 07, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General wants the federal government to look more closely at the use of Medicare Part D rebates, according to a new report.