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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 04, 2008
Humana, Inc. has completed the purchase of PHP Companies, Inc. - operating under the name Cariten Healthcare - from Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health. Cariten is a health benefits compan...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | November 04, 2008
The state of Wisconsin has reached preliminary agreement with the federal government for a five-year federal waiver allowing the state to expand its BadgerCare Plus healthcare plan.Under the...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | November 04, 2008
The MRO Corporation, a King of Prussia, Pa.-based provider of shared-service, release-of-information solutions for healthcare providers, has announced that the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit will...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | November 04, 2008
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily canceled activity involving four new contractors in its Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program due to complaints received from two compa...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | November 03, 2008
Mental illness touches most Americans during their lifetimes, either directly or indirectly, according to a report released Oct. 31 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Early trea...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 03, 2008
Medicare's new regulations for providing home oxygen therapy to seniors are alarming and inadequate, according to the American Association for Homecare.  The AAH expects that approximate...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | November 03, 2008
Three pharmaceutical companies will have to pay at least $7.3 million to the state of Missouri after a St. Louis jury found they overcharged Medicaid for prescription drugs.According to the...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | November 03, 2008
The Maryland Hospital Association has completed the competitive bidding process for an electronic data interchange provider for the state's hospitals.The MHA hopes to advance the development...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 03, 2008
A new application released by Google Health is designed to help users find assistance programs for their prescription medications online using PatientAssistance.com.PatientAssistance.com, Inc...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 31, 2008
The University of Iowa Hospitals system plans to slash $24.8 million from expenses over the next eight months to meet its annual budget.Hospital officials made the announcement at an Iowa Boa...