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A company known for pushing health information technology into the hands of physicians is now offering solutions for getting them paid.

RealMed is applying the old adage “Time is money” to the medical claims clearinghouse business.

The CIT Group, Inc., a provider of financing to small businesses and mid-market companies, including healthcare providers and vendors, ended four months of frenzied negotiations by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Nov. 1.

More than a month after the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced it was putting its Blue Healthcare Bank up for sale, no potential buyers have stepped forward, even in a market churning with consolidation.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida is selling two new health cards to consumers through Winn Dixie and CVS pharmacy stores across Florida.

Payers are incorporating green initiatives into everything from facilities to office equipment.

Despite the economy and subsequent fall in market prices, the cost of long-term care has gone up, according to the 2009 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services and Home Care Costs.

In the midst of a round one re-bid cycle for Medicare’s durable medical equipment competitive bidding process, a bill calling for its elimination has been introduced in the House of Representatives.

The new head of the American Academy of Family Physicians says he’s ready to make sure that ongoing healthcare reform efforts in Washington will help physicians, rather than make matters worse.

The Commonwealth Fund recently ranked New York dead last in the nation for avoidable hospital expenses, but new loans available to low-income areas of the state are aimed at solving that.