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BEFORE CONSUMERS can make knowledgeable healthcare buying decisions, they need transparent comparative data on cost and quality. Meaningful quality data is difficult to identify and measure, but charg...
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, an independent advisory panel to Congress on Medicare physician payment issues, announced the appointment of three new members last week.Gene Dodaro,...
CHICAGO – Consumers and insurance brokers are finding that the Internet is the medium of choice for gathering information on the complex individual health plan market. This is an important...
SACRAMENTO, CA – California Senate Bill 1522, which would set up insurance market standards, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee and, as of press time, is headed to the Senate for a...
NEW YORK – The credit crunch appears to be affecting hospitals’ ability to raise capital and finance capital expenditures, especially for big-ticket items.A research report issued...
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last month announced payment rates for the nation’s facilities that treat Medicare beneficaries for extended periods of time....
LAS VEGAS – On Tuesday, June 24, HFMA’s ANI conference will host keynote speaker Steve Case, the former AOL kingpin who is now chairman and chief operating officer of Revolution Health Gro...
LAS VEGAS – Conference planners for this year’s ANI mapped out topics and speakers several months ago, looking ahead to what might be hot topics when the conference doors open. O...
BELLEVUE, WA – With the corporate wellness industry expected to reach $1.6 billion by 2010 and $5.8 billion by 2015, a number of healthcare companies are offering programs designed to help the n...
HARTFORD, CT – Aetna is the first U.S. health plan to establish a policy of requiring all of its vendors to provide employees with health insurance by 2011.Aetna is working with its ven...