Patty Enrado

AUSTIN, TX – A Texas mandate that workers’ compensation carriers accept e-billing from healthcare providers goes into effect on January 1, 2008. Other states are paying cl...

COLUMBIA, SC – The number of health plans offering real-time claims adjudication at the point of service for their network providers is on the rise. While Blue Cross Blue Shield...

CLEVELAND – In this era of consumer healthcare and a competitive provider landscape, having a patient portal is a priority for hospitals, according to Deborah Kohn, principal of Dak Systems Cons...

PHILADELPHIA – When Keystone Mercy Health Plan deployed its EHR pilot to a group of providers and hospital systems with high-volume emergency departments, it wanted to reduce redundant testing a...

WASHINGTON – Advocacy groups are applauding Rep. Pete Stark’s (D-Calif.) proposal to protect Medicare beneficiaries from marketing practices that he deems “propaganda.”...

BLOOMSFIELD, CT – Cigna HealthCare is deploying SAS business intelligence so its informatics group can provide in-depth analysis and reporting to its customers, consultants and brokers....

PHOENIX, – Arizona’s Medicaid program, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, is implementing an IT platform to manage its healthcare transactions. “The purpo...

CARMICHAEL, CA – A study of primary care physicians practicing complementary and alternative medicine has shown greater reduction of clinical utilization and cost than primary care physicians us...

CHATTANOOGA, TN – Although the technology strategies vary, payers are either starting or expanding pilot programs that adjudicate claims in real time for providers. While it’s too...

MCLEAN, VA – Northrop Grumman will be developing a Web-based patient information application that will give Medicare providers comprehensive assessments of patients discharged from post-ac...