Fred Bazzoli
BEAVER, PA – Waiting in line is the bane of people’s experience – studies show we lose 48 hours each year queuing up. Recent surveys say people most despise waiting in line at a depa...
RESTON, VA – As much as the healthcare industry is trying to move to electronic data interchange, handling workers’ compensation bills is often like a trip down memory lane....
WASHINGTON – A rare admission by the federal government that there are legitimate concerns surrounding a prescription pricing approach is a first step to resolving a lawsuit by groups representi...
NEW YORK – Uncertainties related to the subprime mortgage crisis and the financial health of investment banking firms continue to create a borrowing crisis for some healthcare organizations....
STATE MEDICAID DIRECTORS say regulatory changes proposed by the Bush administration for Medicaid policy will be much larger than predicted, and a new report blasts the administration for its approach...
SEATTLE – Two separate projects aimed at facilitating the sharing of patient eligibility and other administrative data are continuing to move toward a unified approach to sharing patient informa...
PITTSBURGH – Healthcare organizations are facing a competitive market for staff, including executives, resulting in short-sighted hiring practices that often end up costing more money than expec...
TWO COMPANIES are launching an initiative to help state Medicaid programs save money by avoiding the manual recovery of pharmacy claims from commercial insurers. The proprietary program,...
A LAWSUIT FILED in March against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks to stop the federal agency from implementing a regulation that would restrict how states fund Medicaid programs and...
Roughly one-third of the respondents to a recent AFL-CIO story say they've skipped medical care due to the cost. The labor organization released the results of the online survey th...