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With 90,000 pharmaceutical sales representatives nationally and ad campaigns, the pharmaceutical industry enjoys returns as high as $10 for every dollar invested in marketing efforts, but it is questionable as to whether they really improve patients health or drive up the costs.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is awarding $1 million in grants to free clinics throughout the state to provide health services to individuals and families without health insurance.
The Healthcare Financial Management Association's Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference got underway Thursday with a series of preconference seminars focused on improving operations in the hospital business office.
A new report by Gartner, Inc., recommends that information technology and service providers plan their 2010 marketing campaigns, sales and service engagements with clearer value propositions aimed at the chief financial officer and strategic business unit leaders.
Compared to other stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem, payers are late adopters of Health 2.0 technology.
While many payers are beginning to invest, a panel at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco in October demonstrated how they are leading the pack.
Kaiser Permanente's electronic health record system is well known in the industry. The healthcare organization is putting the finishing touches to its EHR throughout the enterprise, said Christopher Ohman, senior vice president of health plan operations outside California for Kaiser.
In a move to drive more transparency in the healthcare insurance market, the Oregon legislature has mandated health plans to provide the cost of 35 different treatments to consumers.
PacificSource has delivered nearly 1,000 estimates for its members since it deployed TriZetto's Treatment Cost Navigator in July, said CIO Erick Doolan.
Although healthcare reform dominates the payer world, payers need to start working on a game plan for the major transition to ICD-10, industry consultants said.
"The biggest mistake payers can make is not addressing the impact assessment quickly," said Pamela Ruebelmann, vice president of healthcare solutions for HighPoint Solutions.
An assessment, which provides a full understanding of all the impacted components of people, process and technology, will help payers develop a multi-year, organization-wide roadmap, she said.
MedeAnalytics, a provider of healthcare performance management technology, has launched a new Patient Access Services solution at HFMA's Fall Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference.
As debate continues on Capitol Hill over how to decrease the number of uninsured, health plans have been pursuing strategies to entice individuals who don't have employer-sponsored coverage to buy insurance.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on states and communities to help find and enroll the 5 million currently uninsured children eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.