Healthcare Finance Staff
MN Community Measurement announced Wednesday it has published new information online about how much medical groups in Minnesota are paid to provide more than 100 common healthcare services.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will provide tailored health and wellness information to its members through interactive, automated phone calls.
The goal is to drive behavior change, officials said.
WebMD, a provider of online health information services, has teamed with U.S. Bank Healthcare Payment Solutions to offer the bank's Health Savings Account customers enhanced online health tools.
A five-year ongoing study involving 10 large physician practices across the country has so far shown improved quality of care for chronic disease patients from the use of health information technology.
The Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) is gearing up for the next level of work with its sights set on statewide implementation, after celebrating the success of its pilot at its annual meeting in July.
Digital games are one of the latest tools being used to improve health outcomes, says one expert.
According to a new report, funding for HIV prevention has been flat in recent years, although new cases have grown to 60,000 each year.
Looking to distance itself from similar-sounding competitors, the iMedica Corporation has announced a new name and launched a new Web site.
The Carrollton, Texas-based developer of electronic health record and practice management systems for physician practices announced that it will now be known as Aprima Medical Software, Inc., and that the Aprima name will be used for the company's EHR/PM solution. The company also unveiled its new Web presence at aprimaEHR.com.
When Community Health Plan of Washington implemented ZeOmega's Jiva care management software in October 2008, the health plan saw the immediate elimination of duplicate assessments being done on the same patients by its use, disease and case management departments, said Sandra Hewett, the plan's delegated services administrator.
Some of CHPW's departments have since exceeded the goal of achieving 30 percent improved efficiency through the integration of IT systems, automation of processes and streamlined workflow, she said.
After a successful pilot in its Hudson, N.Y. region, MVP Healthcare is rolling out McKesson's Advanced Diagnostics Management (ADM) to the rest of its provider network to automate the clinical review and authorization of imaging tests.
The two-month pilot has been projected to save an annual $2 million-plus in staff time, enabling staff redeployment for other projects, said Holly Smolinski, assistant director of utilization management at MVP.