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By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 06, 2007
WASHINGTON – Responding to concerns that private fee-for-service plans for Medicare are not being accurately marketed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a suspension...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 06, 2007
WASHINGTON – A coalition of large employers has proposed a standardized approach for delivering health and retirement benefits. The ERISA Industry Committee unveiled its New B...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 06, 2007
CHICAGO – With the distribution of national provider identifer numbers expected to occur this month, provider organizations are registering protests about the release of data. Last mo...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 06, 2007
WASHINGTON – Interest is growing in a new concept of providing care that puts an emphasis on primary care and changes the dynamics for how care is financed. The Patient-Centered...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 05, 2007
Reaction to the proposed purchase of Manor Care Inc. remained muted today after the nursing home chain announced on Monday a proposed leveraged buyout of the company....
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 27, 2007
Hospitals probably will be rushing to get ready for the significant changes expected to be included in the government’s final rule for Medicare’s inpatient prospective payment system....
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 25, 2007
After 10 years of operation, athenahealth Inc. has announced plans for an initial public offering of stock. The Watertown, MA-based company announced late Friday that it has fil...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 22, 2007
With the distribution of national provider identifier numbers likely to occur next month, provider organizations are registering protests about the release of data Earlier this month, the Am...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 18, 2007
Responding to concerns that private fee-for-service plans for Medicare are not being accurately marketed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a suspension in marketing for the p...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 13, 2007
As consumers take on more responsibility for the costs of their own care, they're going to demand more information about what healthcare services will cost them, according to the results of a study re...