Fred Bazzoli

WASHINGTON – As of July, the nation’s providers were still waiting for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue the final regulation to implement radical changes in the reimbu...

WASHINGTON – Both the public and private sectors took steps last month to test the concept that keeping employees healthy will save money on healthcare. In Washington, two...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY is being touted as a cost-saving solution in healthcare. Three years ago, President Bush put forward the challenge for everyone to have an electronic health record by 2014 to...

FRAMINGHAM, MA – There’s no shortage of companies hoping to participate in the health savings account boom. Data from a report on the accounts suggest that some 1,2...

WESTCHESTER, IL – It’s time for healthcare organizations to simplify pricing approaches to build public trust and to take mistrust out of the contracting process. In relea...

NEW YORK – Even though credit rating downgrades issued by Moody’s Investor Service are running slightly ahead of upgrades, not-for-profit hospitals financially are very healthy, according...

Both the public and private sector took initial steps last week to test the concept that keeping employees healthy will save money on healthcare. In Washington, two senators hav...

FRANKLIN, TN – The Medical Banking Project is taking on its first test case, aiming to show how the nation’s banks can play a role in solving some of the most vexing issues in healthcare d...

Slow adoption and anticipated high costs of development have prompted American Express to drop out of the healthcare payment card business. The giant New York-based financial...

Thousands of lives could be saved with information technology for diabetes management, but a new report suggests that only one form of diabetes IT is cost-effective as well....