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DENVER - In a move expected to reduce physicians’ administrative workloads, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed into law a bill to make the language in payer-provider contracts more transparent...
WASHINGTON – Criticized for allowing Medicare providers to abuse the tax system to the tune of more than $1.3 billion, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is answering back....
INDIANAPOLIS – WellPoint’s pharmacy benefit manager is offering financial incentive to its members in seven additional states for the latest generic-drug addition to its GenericSelect prog...
Picture archiving and communications systems have moved mainstream in North America and Europe. The imaging systems, once considered pricey and cumbersome for clinicians to u...
WATERTOWN, MA – athenahealth, Inc. has jumped into the pay-for-performance pool with both feet, announcing in March that its Web-based athenaNet practice management system includes physician qua...
When Kronos acquired Beaverton, Ore.-based Unicru last July, it mapped out a new direction in workforce automation for the Chelmsford, Mass.-based software manufacturer. A traditional focus o...
PA. PROVIDER BUYS HOUSTON HEALTH SYSTEM FOR $49M Select Medical Corp of Pennsylvania, a leading provider of specialty healthcare, has purchased Nexus Health Systems of Houston, a pr...
BLUE BELL, PA – When a medical bill goes unpaid, the only one to benefit is the collection agency. That’s why insurers and health plans are looking for any edge to make sure patients...
NEW YORK – A coalition of medical and advocacy groups is pushing for laws in 20 states that would require health insurers to provide colon screenings. Colonoscopies would hel...
WASHINGTON – At a March hearing, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reported that Medicare is overpaying Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by an average of 112 percent....