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The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company is launching a free prescription program covering 36 generic antibiotics in nine basic categories. The program will run from Jan. 2 through March 21, 2009, at a...
An integrated clearinghouse solution from two healthcare IT vendors hashelped Star Physical Therapy cuts its paper output in half and savemore than $1,500 per month in printing and mailing costs....
Long-term healthcare providers face a myriad of issues with prospective patients, often pushing insurance verification down to the bottom of the list. A new software solution aims to make that process...
The AMERIGROUP Corporation announced Wednesday that it has terminated its agreement to purchase a New Jersey Medicaid plan from the University Health Plan, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene C...
Helping Medicaid is a critical piece of New York Gov. David Paterson's request for federal aid to states, as outlined in a letter Monday to President-elect Barack Obama.Paterson joins other g...
A survey conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) finds that hospital CIOs feel they are unprepared for the switch to ICD-10 code sets.The survey,...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revoked the billing privileges of 1,139 suppliers of durable medical equipment prosthetics, orthotics and supplies in south Florida and southern Ca...
One in five adults ages 45 and older are suffering from health problems due to financial stress, according to a recent AARP survey."Right now people are increasingly concerned about thei...
The American Nurses Association and other nursing organizations have released what they call a "first-of-its-kind study" showing the economic value of nursing. The study shows that...
The Internet and social networking, pay-for-performance, the economic crisis and conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 disease code sets are among the top issues facing healthcare in 2009, according to Pric...