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The American Medical Association will enforce the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association settlement of a national class action lawsuit as a signatory medical society to the agreement.The sett...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday released a proposed rule for the prospective payment system governing inpatient rehabilitation facilities, seeking to address criticism of th...
Nine out of 10 healthcare opinion leaders think fundamental change is required to achieve gains in quality and efficiency of care in the United States, according to the most recent Commonwealth Fund/M...
Medical Present Value, Inc., an Austin, Texas-based provider of financial tools and services to manage payer contracts and audit reimbursement, has signed contracts for its Phynance product with Pentu...
A farm bill currently being mulled in Congress has prompted healthcare-related disturbances on both sides of the aisle. Provisions in the legislation have the American Medical Association and...
The Microsoft Corporation is providing a boost to genomic research with six research grants.Microsoft Research, an outgrowth of Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, announced the six grants throug...
Another insurer has said it will no longer pay for hospital treatment required after egregious mistakes made by hospital staff.Cigna HealthCare announced it is taking steps to stop reimbursin...
Grants totaling $50 million will be awarded to 20 states to help improve access access to primary medical care.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid studies announced the awards, saying the...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will offer a variety of new reporting options to encourage physicians to submit quality data.The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative allows...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, healthcare-associated infections are one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States. The U.S. Government Accountability Of...