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WellPoint's third-quarter net income has exceeded company forecasts, due in part to operational efficiencies and less need for the insurer's services.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced 40 percent more funding to support states in streamlining and upgrading their Medicaid eligibility systems and health insurance exchanges.
Amid the swirl of Tuesday's election coverage, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a $10 billion federal grant to expand health coverage for low-income uninsured residents and improve care for vulnerable populations.
Technology company Pitney Bowes has seen results from an initiative to stabilize its employees' adherence to their medication treatment regimens, according to a study published in November's Health Affairs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a final rule that will implement key provisions in the Affordable Care Act to expand preventive services for Medicare beneficiaries.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a final rule that calls for a 24.9 percent pay cut for physicians beginning Jan. 1.
The Tenet Healthcare Corporation this week reported adjusted earnings of $203 million for the third quarter of 2010, a decrease of $37 million, or 15.4 percent, compared to $240 million for the third quarter of 2009.
During a recent exchange with sixteen national firms that offered a multi-stakeholder perspective, an interesting question surfaced: what is the “healthcare financial network”? Besides being characterized as critical infrastructure by Homeland Security, deemed the target of government reform in the Affordable Care Act and impacted by 5010 compliancy and ICD-10 transformation, well, what is it?
The Healthcare Performance Management Institute says recent research indicates insurers and benefits consultants are hindering employers' efforts to reduce healthcare costs.
More than 100 hospital programs have been nominated for the 2010 Hospital Charitable Service Awards, an inaugural national program sponsored by Jackson Healthcare.