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Capital BlueCross recently launched an online educational tool for its members, designed to aid them in comparing costs of procedures, quality of care and overall satisfaction with specific providers. Named MyCare Advisor, the online suite of tools provides members with estimated total cost information for 57 of the most common elective services provided by hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and imaging centers.
In a new twist in the ongoing battle over the right of the federal government to mandate health insurance, a Virginia District Court has said it needs more time to decide whether Virginia should be allowed to move forward with challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
Increased demand for in vitro diagnostics testing, new technologies and emerging markets have trumped the economic downturn, according to the newly released seventh edition of Kalorama Information's biennial report.
Empire BlueCross BlueShield has significantly expanded its HMO and PPO/EPO & Indemnity Reference Laboratory Networks.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late last week issued a hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2011 that would decrease average inpatient payments by 0.4 percent.
The first for-profit insurance company approved to offer government-subsidized coverage under Massachusetts' health reform has dangerously restricted access to primary care, according to a new report.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services is reporting that fiscal 2009 key median ratios for U.S. stand-alone hospitals show improvement in operating metrics compared with 2008 ratios.
Thirty million women will benefit from the new health reform law over the next decade, either through new or strengthened insurance coverage, according to a Commonwealth Fund study.
According to findings in the American Medical Group Association's 2010 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey, most specialties saw modest increases in compensation in 2009, but many provider organizations continue to operate at a significant loss.
Water Street Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare, has acquired Medical Specialties Distributors, a provider of products for the home infusion therapy market.