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Molly Merrill

By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | November 16, 2007
FRAMINGHAM, MA - Although top U.S. healthcare payers reported pricing transparency initiatives in 2007, they face challenges in 2008 that will limit information technology investments in this area....
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | November 13, 2007
Cost is the major issue behind the top healthcare challenges for next year, as forecasted by Tefen USA. Tefen USA is a subsidiary of Tefen, a global management, consulting...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | November 08, 2007
TUPELO, MS - Officials at a North Mississippi Health Services announced today they would begin implementation of a Web-based platform to improve financial outcomes across facilities....
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | November 08, 2007
DALLAS - A new study reports on U.S. potential healthcare cost reductions achieved through medical tourism, citing a lack of cooperation on part of government and insurers, as main barriers....
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | November 06, 2007
Baby boomers rarely think about long-term care and most of them incorrectly assume their existing or future insurance will cover their expenses, a recent survey has found....
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | November 06, 2007
PORTLAND, ME – The construction of new hospitals and massive expansions of others across the country show how unprepared the nation is for the effect of Baby Boomers on the $2.3 trillion healthc...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | October 31, 2007
Speakers lined up for the first Leadership Forum on Medical Tourism say the industry could prompt a movement to transparency in healthcare pricing. Key topics that the forum wi...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | October 26, 2007
A bill introduced in Congress earlier this week aims to provide transparency in medical device pricing for hospitals to help them negotiate on prices and reduce Medicare spending....
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | October 25, 2007
Rising costs are forcing Americans to change the way they use the healthcare system, according to the results a survey released this week. However, the jury’s out for consum...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | October 18, 2007
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Robert Casey (D-Pa.) yesterday introduced legislation to prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service from making further cuts to home healthcare providers' re...