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By Chris Anderson | 11:55 am | November 19, 2010
A South Carolina Medical Association survey indicates insurance company protocols often interfere with physicians' ability to provide optimal care for their patients.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:53 am | November 19, 2010
The owner of a Miami-area HIV clinic has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for his part in a Medicare fraud scheme.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:33 am | November 19, 2010
A national physicians organization says doctors are unhappy with healthcare reform and feel that patient care will suffer as a consequence.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:17 am | November 19, 2010
The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare rose 7.08 percent over the past 12 months, according to data released this week by Standard & Poor's.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:48 am | November 19, 2010
After three years of using Craneware's Chargemaster Toolkit at its five teaching hospitals, Continuum Health Partners will add new tools designed to improve revenue integrity.
By Chris Anderson | 11:47 am | November 18, 2010
The $400,000 grant will support a health disparities pilot aimed at improving diabetes treatment and care for Hispanics and African Americans.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:33 am | November 18, 2010
IBM and Aetna subsidiary ActiveHealth Management, alongside Medens Corp., will deliver cloud services to help physicians in Puerto Rico share and exchange health information and make more accurate decisions about patient care.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:31 am | November 18, 2010
A new competitive bidding process implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will significantly limit growth in the home care products market in the coming years, according to a new analysis.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:09 am | November 18, 2010
Cardinal Health is building its drug distribution portfolio with the acquisition of Kinray, Inc., a Whitestone, N.Y.-based privately held distributor of branded and generic medicines to more than 2,000 retail independent pharmacy customers.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:41 am | November 18, 2010
A class action filed against Florida insurer AvMed Health plans seeks redress for a data breach that occurred when two laptops, containing patient information for 1.2 million members, were stolen from the company's headquarters in December 2009.