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By Richard Pizzi | 01:01 pm | January 20, 2009
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans to cut as many as 1,000 jobs and seek state approval to raise rates on its individual health insurance products.
By Molly Merrill | 11:09 am | January 20, 2009
A new study by clinicians at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center shows that the use of a remote monitoring technology coupled with a clinician notification system can boost patient outcomes as well as reduce costs.
By Diana Manos | 11:12 am | January 19, 2009
With the nation's capital preparing for Tuesday’s inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, Congress has been busy pushing healthcare to the front of issues the new president will face on his first day in office.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:48 am | January 19, 2009
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has urged President Obama to make universal healthcare his biggest priority, second only to rescuing the economy.
By Chelsey Ledue | 10:46 am | January 19, 2009
The number of cases of hypothermia and other cold-related diseases has risen with the season, and cases can be costly for hospitals because treatment in the emergency department is resource-intensive, according to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
By Molly Merrill | 10:45 am | January 19, 2009
Member physicians of South Jersey Healthcare, an integrated healthcare system offering hospital, ambulatory care and home healthcare services, will be receiving financial subsidies to use electronic health records.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:44 am | January 16, 2009
United HealthGroup and Aetna have agreed to pay millions of dollars to members who were scammed in what New York investigators called a "rigged" billing system.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:44 am | January 16, 2009
MedSynergies, Inc., an Irving, Texas-based provider of revenue cycle and practice management software, is teaming up with the Texas Health Resources Organization for Physicians to create Texas Health MedSynergies, a management services organization designed to offer physicians a range of office management and other business services to support their practices.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:44 am | January 16, 2009
A trip to the doctor just got a whole lot easier in Hawaii. Starting Thursday, residents of the nation's 50th state were able to connect with their doctors online through the Hawaii Medical Service Association's new Online Care service.
By Chelsey Ledue | 08:46 am | January 16, 2009
Despite the economic downturn in 2008, physicians have seen an average salary increase of 4.4 percent for specialists and 4 percent for primary care, according to Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc. ' s 16th 2008 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey Report.