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By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | April 04, 2008
According to a report by the Grubb & Ellis Company, a real estate services and investment firm, over the next 10 years the increasing demand for medical services by aging baby boomers will fuel the de...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | April 04, 2008
Miami resident Rita Campos Ramirez, the owner of a Medicare billing service, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the largest known individual case of Medicare fraud in the history...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | April 03, 2008
A study released in late March by the Government Accountability Office indicates nearly 7 million, or 80 percent, of college students have insurance through private or public health plans.  ...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | April 03, 2008
Despite the outcome of the 2008 presidential election – whether it be Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John McCain – experts say healthcare is destined for a major change next year....
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | April 02, 2008
Many Medicare beneficiaries will be able to receive care in the comfort of their homes rather than an institutional setting, thanks to a proposed rule recently published by the Centers for Medicare an...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | April 02, 2008
A new study reveals that Midwestern states receive less funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than other states and seeks to unveil how federal public health dollars are spent....
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | April 02, 2008
A final regulation released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services allows nearly a million Medicare beneficiaries with limited income and resources to remain in the prescription drug plan i...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | April 01, 2008
Short of bringing an accountant into the operating room, hospitals don't have many options for easily and accurately determining OR revenues and cost consumption. Picis, Inc....
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | April 01, 2008
The HumanaDental Insurance Company, a division of the Louisville, Ky.-based insurer, plans to begin screening for oral cancer to some members as part of its coverage. The company s...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | April 01, 2008
A study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine reports that 59 percent of U.S. physicians support the idea of national health insurance....