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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...
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,...
GetWellNetwork, daisy team up to reward nursesGetWellNetwork, Inc., a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of interactive patient care solutions, is teaming up with the DAISY Foundation to help bo...
WASHINGTON – Despite growing concern from the durable medical equipment industry and Congress, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken the next step in its plan to implement a...
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...
A COMMITTEE of the American Medical Association has sent a proposal for payment rates to implement a medical home demonstration project to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.The...
Aetna ranks No. 1 in business dealings with physicians, according to athenahealth's PayerView rankings. Among other performance criteria that put Aetna in the top spot, athenahealth found tha...
WASHINGTON – Various physician organizations told a House panel last week that they anticipate a significant number of their memberships dropping from Medicare participation should the 10.6 perc...
A Take Care Health Clinic has opened at a Walgreens store in Rockford, Ill., and three more retail health clinics are expected to open in Rockford this year.The Rockford-based clinic is a wal...
Microsoft Corp. officials announced that the company's HealthVault Be Well Fund has increased its funding to $4.5 million after receiving nearly 200 proposals from leading academic and research health...