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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 15, 2008
As Medicare's Part D prescription drug program enters its fourth year, government officials say the program has been a success. "Measured by enrollment, lower costs than originally expec...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | August 14, 2008
A recent survey suggests that many Americans have cut back on medical care spending to save money. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a voluntary organization based in Kansa...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | August 14, 2008
URAC has approved revisions to nine of its healthcare management accreditation programs. The standards require the use of national quality measures and stress greater efficiency in the healthcare syst...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | August 14, 2008
Hospital patients looking for an easier way to plan out their payments - and hospitals looking for a better way to collect them - might benefit from a recently announced partnership between two provid...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | August 14, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday that all physician groups participating in the Physician Group Practice Demonstration have earned $16.7 million in incentive payment...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | August 13, 2008
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said Tuesday that he would like to see chartered value exchanges (CVEs) increase from 14 nationwide to 25 by January. According to the HHS, a...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | August 13, 2008
The CVS Caremark Corporation has signed a $2.9 billion deal to acquire the Longs Drug Stores Corporation, a retail drug store chain serving the West Coast and Hawaii.Under the terms of the ac...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | August 13, 2008
According to a recent survey, employers plan to increase their staffs' role in long-term strategies in an effort to control prescription drug costs. Buck Consultants, an ACS company and resou...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | August 13, 2008
A company that has developed an application that enables point-of-sale customer financial service in healthcare has raised $1.7 million through the sale of preferred stock.nTelagent Inc., of...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | August 12, 2008
The federal government is making headway in assisting the Indian Health Service to register tribe members for Medicare and Medicaid services, according to an August 7 report by the General Accountabil...