Healthcare Finance Staff
A new report indicates that a combination of better-coordinated public- and private-sector care, stronger patient awareness of health risks and wellness and improved information systems to eliminate fraud and abuse could save $3.6 trillion over the next decade.
IBM announced plans Thursday to enlist some of its leading scientists and technologists to help medical practitioners and payers provide high-quality, evidence-based care to patients.
Two Detroit-area home healthcare providers have pled guilty in U.S. District Court for their roles in a home-health scheme to defraud Medicare according to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida launched its new mobile web site less than three weeks ago, but early tracking reveals "encouraging" usage for both members and nonmembers.
Cost-containment specialists Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions (AMPS) and TC3 Health Inc., of Irvine, Calif., have joined forces to broaden offerings for payer customers in the hospital billing arena.
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) has launched personal health records for its members, the company announced Thursday.
In a partnership aimed at helping both insurance carriers and employers, out-of-network specialist Progressive Medical and StoneRiver Pharmacy Solutions announced yesterday the broad availability of a combined electronic service that will aid in correctly identifying payers for out-of-network pharmacy benefits.
The TriZetto Group Inc. announced this week a partnership with professors who founded the value-based insurance design movement to develop chronic-condition templates as options for healthcare payer customers of TriZetto's Value-Based Benefits Solution.
President Obama is expected on Wednesday to put Donald Berwick, MD, at the helm of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services while Congress is in recess.
MEDecision has partnered with NaviNet to assist payers in delivering patient clinical summaries to any provider enrolled in the NaviNet Network.