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Thomson Reuters, based in New York, has announced the fall launch of version 5.0 of its Advantage Suite decision support system for healthcare payers.
With a 21 percent Medicare physician pay cut effective June 1 and a federal temporary hold on claims ending June 14, members of the American Medical Association signed and sent white lab coats to Congress Sunday urging lawmakers to reverse the cut.
Employers can expect medical costs to increase by 9 percent in 2011, a decrease of 0.5 percent from the 2010 growth rate, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute.
The U.S. healthcare industry can eliminate $3.6 trillion in healthcare waste over the next 10 years by addressing a series of operational inefficiencies, according to a new study by Thomson Reuters.
A healthcare price-comparison startup launched by former executives from RelayHealth and athenahealth has so far raised $60 million in funding - including an investment from the Cleveland Clinic.
Californians must "harnesses existing enrollment channels and commercial marketplace infrastructure in a bold new public-private partnership" to accommodate a new health insurance exchange, according to an exchange development and administration firm.
Federal officials announced Friday they will launch a $25 million project expected to be the largest-ever federal investment connecting patient safety and medical liability.
The United States is losing ground as the global leader in medical innovation and must pursue coordinated action at the highest levels of government to ensure U.S. competitiveness and create high-paying jobs, according to a new study.
The nation's health insurance industry leaders were told Thursday that health reform might not seem pleasant, but it is necessary to repair a misaligned healthcare system.
The CVS Caremark Corporation has announced that it will no longer allow Walgreens' participation in its retail pharmacy networks.