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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | January 07, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed regulation on Monday that would help qualifying low-income individuals get assistance in paying their premiums for the Medicare prescr...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | January 04, 2008
Hospitals in New York state continue to struggle financially, and a new study suggests that the average operating margin of New York's hospitals is negative, ranking it 49th among the nation's 50 stat...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | January 04, 2008
Physicians now have until Feb. 15 to decide whether they will participate in the nation's Medicare program. The new cutoff date gives practices an additional 45 days beyond the original deadline of De...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | January 04, 2008
Despite the criticism the federal government has taken on the fledgling Medicare prescription drug program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced last week that it anticipates smooth...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | January 04, 2008
Researchers at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) and the University of Memphis Center for Healthcare Technology have taken a lead from the military on an innovative way to explore how to boost nur...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | January 03, 2008
Insurer UnitedHealthcare and athenahealth, which provides Web-based business services for physician practices, are working together to  expand the two companies' real-time claim adjudication capa...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | January 03, 2008
Two healthcare IT giants have announced a strategic alliance to help state governments with their Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS). Ingenix, based in Eden Prair...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | January 03, 2008
A real estate investment trust that issued its initial public offering of stock last summer has announced a $72.4 million investment in medical office buildings. New York-based Car...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | January 03, 2008
Americans lack a basic understanding of the terminology that is used to describe their own health insurance coverage, a new survey has found. The results of the survey indicate that b...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | January 02, 2008
The American College of Physicians has received a grant of nearly $225,000 from the Commonwealth Fund to study the cost of a patient-centered medical home. The grant, part of th...