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By Bernie Monegain | 09:44 am | October 13, 2009
Medical Group Management Association members rate Medicare Part B as the top performer in a survey of member satisfaction with major health plans.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:30 am | October 13, 2009
Yet another threat of a Medicare payment cut makes it hard for physician practices to budget and could have “serious ramifications” for practices across the country, said William F. Jessee, MD, CEO of the Medical Group Management Association.
By Eric Wicklund | 04:04 pm | October 12, 2009
First National Merchant Solutions, based in Omaha, Neb., has launched First Paid Healthcare Solutions, a suite of products designed to help speed up the payment process, eliminate confusion and pare and cut costs for healthcare providers
By Diana Manos | 12:24 pm | October 12, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule Friday it claims will improve performance of prescription drug and health plans by strengthening the standards required to participate in the Medicare program.
By Diana Manos | 11:57 am | October 12, 2009
Nurses and doctors from nine healthcare battleground states canvassed for health reform on Saturday.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:30 am | October 12, 2009
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has deployed a new Web-based portal to use as its health information exchange platform. The new multi-layer Web portal, developed by Cambridge, Mass.-based NaviNet, will be used to assist Horizon BCBSNJ in reducing paperwork, simplifying administrative processes and reducing expenses with electronic exchange of health data.
By Molly Merrill | 11:19 am | October 12, 2009
A $54 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow Kaiser Permanente to improve health research on public and clinical health areas, such as genotyping, colon cancer and cardiovascular disease.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 08:43 am | October 12, 2009
Ezekiel Emanuel, a White House adviser on healthcare policy, says high-touch is the way to fix the nation's failing – and costly – healthcare system.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:28 am | October 12, 2009
Ezekiel Emanuel, a White House adviser on healthcare policy, says high-touch is the way to fix the nation’s failing – and costly – healthcare system. In his keynote talk at the Medical Group Management Association in Denver on Sunday Emanuel called for doctors to change their ways of practicing medicine.
By Diana Manos | 12:02 pm | October 09, 2009
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform will launch a new national public awareness campaign for medical liability reform.