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MILWAUKEE – It’s been said that 35 cents out of every dollar spent on healthcare is used for administrative purposes. That’s a heady number, especially to those spending the other 65...
WASHINGTON - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that most of the 40 million seniors enrolled in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program are happy with it. However, s...
WASHINGTON – A bill introduced in Congress in late October aims to provide transparency in medical device pricing for hospitals to help them negotiate on prices and reduce Medicare spending....
CLEVELAND, OH – Home medical equipment providers have long feared that a competitive bidding plan for Medicare Part B supplies will destroy the infrastructure of the homecare support system....
PHOENIX, AZ – Enrollment in Evercare’s Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan, or SNP, for Maricopa County residents with Alzheimer’s and related dementia is underway amid provider en...
WASHINGTON – Laws that require employers to provide health insurance to employees are likely to reduce employment for low-wage workers, according to a study. Small busine...
MALVERN, PA - "American Idol," meet American healthcare. In an effort to bring its new product to the marketplace and help out a cash-strapped, small hospital, Siemens...
Benchmarking experts say the practice of using performance yardsticks has been around the healthcare industry for at least 20 years – long enough for it to gain traction, assimilate into the...
PHILADELPHIA – Medical groups participating in Medicare’s quality reporting program are finding that it weighs them down with extra costs and consumes their time, and some say the pote...
CHICAGO – Despite broad-based efforts to encourage physicians to use health information technology and electronic prescribing, IT’s penetration among physicians remains woeful. Costs a...