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TWO COMPANIES are launching an initiative to help state Medicaid programs save money by avoiding the manual recovery of pharmacy claims from commercial insurers. The proprietary program,...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released its annual state healthcare quality report Wednesday, showing disappointing gains. According to the "State Snapshots"...
CHICAGO – In a deal that could affect more than 150,000 U.S. physicians and another 700 hospitals, Allscripts and Misys Healthcare have announced a merger....
According to a new survey, employers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio believe that worksite wellness programs are better than high-deductible health plans for managing healthcare costs....
PITTSBURGH – Healthcare organizations are facing a competitive market for staff, including executives, resulting in short-sighted hiring practices that often end up costing more money than expec...
STATE MEDICAID DIRECTORS say regulatory changes proposed by the Bush administration for Medicaid policy will be much larger than predicted, and a new report blasts the administration for its approach...
A LAWSUIT FILED in March against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks to stop the federal agency from implementing a regulation that would restrict how states fund Medicaid programs and...
SEATTLE – Two separate projects aimed at facilitating the sharing of patient eligibility and other administrative data are continuing to move toward a unified approach to sharing patient informa...
MARCH MARKED the five-year anniversary of the "shock and awe" beginning of our War in Iraq, and all over D.C., the country – and for that matter, the world – there was discussion of i...
FOREIGN NURSES have been denied American visas for more than a year even as the healthcare industry struggles to deal with a shortage, according to healthcare recruiters and hospital executives....