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By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | March 24, 2008
Cigna's online Prescription Drug Price Quote tool will help the health insurer's members save more money by offering prescription discount coupons on generic drugs as well as real-time price compariso...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | March 24, 2008
States are likely to crack down harder in the near future on Medicaid billing errors, including accidental up-coding, according to Robert Holster, CEO of New York City-based Health Management Systems,...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | March 21, 2008
The United Health Foundation and drug manufacturer Pfizer have each awarded $50,000 unrestricted grants to the American College of Physicians. ACP officials say they will use the money to develop phys...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | March 21, 2008
Eight out of 10 Americans are concerned about access to care for seniors and baby boomers due the physician payment cuts scheduled for July 1, according to a poll conducted by the American Medical Ass...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | March 21, 2008
Congress is seeking a bigger role in plans by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement bidding among durable medical equipment suppliers. On Wednesday, members of the...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | March 20, 2008
A study released Thursday by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) shows that hospital quality improvement programs increase strain on nurses, aggravating an already difficult nursing sho...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | March 20, 2008
Rural physician practices in Tennessee are receiving free electronic prescribing tools thanks to a pilot program launched earlier this month by the Bureau of TennCare and Shared Health, the state's la...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | March 19, 2008
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has contracted with National Government Services (NGS) to serve as the first point of contact for the processing and payment of Medicare fee-for-service claims fr...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | March 19, 2008
A three-year survey shows that although consumer-driven and high deductible health plans increased in 2007, they still only make up a small segment of the overall insurance market....
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | March 18, 2008
In a deal estimated to affect more than 150,000 U.S. physicians and another 700 hospitals, Allscripts and Misys Healthcare have announced a merger. The transaction, announced ea...