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Two large acquisitions and a retooled EMR/PM product geared toward community health centers have made for a busy month for Ingenix.
A new, cloud-based platform designed by IBM and ActiveHealth Management aims to take electronic medical records one step further by adding payers to the mix.
The latest company to take a stab at making sure people fill their prescriptions and stay on their medications is focused on one popular concept: Nobody wants to be a patient.
In the latest clash between states and the federal government over the Affordable Care Act, a District Court judge in Virginia has denied the federal government's motion to drop a lawsuit filed by Virginia's attorney general against the Department of Health and Human Services.
The economic downturn is playing a major role in the rise of individual health plans.
A recently published Consumers Union report titled "How Much is Too Much?" contends some non-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans have racked up large cash surpluses while continuing to aggressively raise insurance rates.
The Ohio Association of Home Medical Equipment Services has announced its opposition to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' competitive bidding plan for Medicare reimbursements, joining a host of other organizations that contend the plan is unsustainable will put provider organizations out of business and, as a result, restrict access to needed medical equipment and care.
American CareSource Holdings, Inc., based in Dallas, has added three clients to its portfolio: Caprock HealthPlans, Inc., a Lubbock, Texas-based third party administrator, GreenTree Administrators, Inc., a Beaumont, Texas-based regional third party administrator, and Community Claims Administration, an Orange, Calif.-based third party administrator.
St. Vincent's HealthCare in Jacksonville, Fla., has announced it will help the city's major employers set up onsite health centers.
On July 13, federal officials issued the final rule on how providers should demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records if they want to qualify for federal incentives in 2011.