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Chip Means

Chip is the New Media Manager for Healthcare Finance News and other MedTech Media brands. Follow Chip on Twitter @chipmedia.

By Chip Means | 01:00 am | February 08, 2007
Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the program's Part D prescription drug benefit are saving an average of $1,200 per year on medications, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced,...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | February 05, 2007
Triad Hospitals Inc. has entered into a buyout deal with an estimated value of $6.4 billion. The acquisition involves affiliates of two private equity firms, the company announc...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | February 02, 2007
Expenditures on healthcare in the United States, which currently outpace the economy and workers' earnings, will continue to rise rapidly over the next decade unless there are major healthcare policy...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | February 01, 2007
Next May, providers will begin using the new NPI, a 10-digit number to be used in all healthcare billing procedures mandated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. NPIs are int...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 26, 2007
Twenty-seven states will look for new ways to improve the efficiency, economy and quality of their Medicaid programs as Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has awarded the first $103 m...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
WASHINGTON – Healthcare spending in 2005 slowed for the third consecutive year and is growing at a rate that’s comparable with the rest of the economy, the Centers for Medicare and Medicai...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO – Three hospitals are expected to soon implement a new approach to delivering primary care, testing a concept projected to provide cost-effective options for insurers and reduced h...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
Efforts to provide health coverage for uninsured children eligible for Medicaid are being complicated by a proof of citizenship provision in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, according to an annual s...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
Emily Bowen, Contributing Writer PLANTATION, FL – With hospitals receiving set payments for providing care, getting patients into the most appropriate care as soon as possible i...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
ROCHESTER, NY – The Eastman Kodak Company has announced the sale of its healthcare group to Toronto-baseda Onex Healthcare Holdings Inc. in a deal initially valued at $2.35 billion. Pendin...