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By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | October 22, 2008
Kaiser's October phone survey of 1,217 adults, including 1,115 registered voters, found twice as many named Obama as the candidate best representing their views on healthcare, rather than Sen. John Mc...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | October 22, 2008
With five million people - or one in 10 workers - in the healthcare sector, the healthcare industry has the second largest employer base behind the food service industry, according to Anthony Burke, p...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | October 21, 2008
Private fee-for-service Medicare Advantage plans will be paid, on average, 16.6 percent more in 2008 compared to what the same enrollees would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service pro...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | October 21, 2008
Arrowhead Radiology Medical Group has selected McKesson to manage its revenue cycle operations.McKesson's Revenue Management Solutions group will provide services designed for the Colton, Cal...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | October 20, 2008
According to Jay Khosla, health policy advisor to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), there are elements to McCain's plan that Democrats could support.McCain's plan...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | October 20, 2008
Spending on Medicaid is expected to substantially outpace the rate of growth in the U.S. economy over the next decade, according to a report released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | October 20, 2008
The so-called "medical home" concept is critically dependent on information technology, said David Howes, MD, president and CEO of Martin's Point Health Care, a not-for-profit healthcare org...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | October 20, 2008
Canopy Financial, a San Francisco-based developer of healthcare banking technology services, has acquired CareGain, Inc., a subsidiary of Chicago-based Fiserv, Inc. that provides consumer-directed hea...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | October 20, 2008
There are no winning or losing sides when it comes to reforming U.S. healthcare, said David Cutler, health advisor to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). "It's...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | October 17, 2008
Leaders and stakeholders gathered this week to discuss medical identity theft and how the federal government could lead a campaign to prevent it.In a town hall meeting sponsored by the Depart...