Chelsey Ledue

Elderly Medicare beneficiaries who receive help with three or more activities of daily living constitute only 7 percent of the Medicare population but account for nearly 25 percent of Medicare Part A and B spending.

Patients covered through a CIGNA healthcare plan could be less confused about their payments following the spring launch of CIGNA's Cost of Care Estimator.

The American College of Physicians and other advocacy groups are urging the House of Representatives and the Senate to provide adequate funding for critical healthcare concerns as they meet in conference to craft the final version of the economic stimulus bill.

A medical call management system that tracks, routes and archives after-hours patient calls can flag specific types of calls as potentially billable, and could provide a new revenue stream for physicians.

Doctors today are finding it harder to spend quality time with their patients, according to a new survey by the Texas Medical Association (TMA).

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill includes provisions that will improve the health, education and well-being of children. And Maine's two moderate Republicans are considered crucial to efforts to pass the bill.

Goold Health Systems, a healthcare management company focusing on Medicaid services, has subcontracted with the Unisys Corporation to provide prior authorization, data management and mailroom services for Maine's Medicaid program.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded four grants that could help improve the quality and performance of the United States public health system.

Southern California-based Newport Harbor Radiology Associates Medical Group, Inc., recently renewed its contract for three years with Zotec Partners and will use the company’s Electronic Billing Center practice management and billing software suite.

Despite the rapid growth of retail clinics, only a tiny fraction of American families in 2007 used them, according to the Commonwealth Fund.