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A new study by the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicates payments to hospitals dropped by as much as 13 percent for bariatric surgery patients between 2002 and 2006, due to fewer complications and fewer readmissions.
Between 2003 and 2008, Medicaid physician fees rose 15.1 percent, closing a portion of the gap with Medicare physician payment rates, according to a study by researchers from the Urban Institute.
The $13 billion point-of-care diagnostic industry is ready for the recent deadly outbreak of swine flu, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.
CIGNA's Cost of Care Estimator and extended weekend and holiday call service hours are now available to almost all 550,000 CIGNA-contracted physicians, hospitals and free-standing clinics.
A majority of healthcare leaders believe it's possible to hold healthcare spending steady over the next 10 years and say President Barack Obama's healthcare blueprint may be effective in doing so, according to a new survey.
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a nationwide public health emergency declaration in response to an outbreak of swine flu.
A small business owner from Seattle told White House officials Friday that providing health insurance for her employees is "a human thing" to do - even as rising healthcare costs and a sour economy are threatening to kill many small business owners' dreams.
The recession is taking its toll on Pennsylvania's general acute care hospitals, as new data reveals that their total margins plummeted to -6.3 percent for the period of July 2008 through December 2008.
Medical Present Value, Inc., of Austin, Texas, has integrated its MPV Patient Portion Pricer and MPV Eligibility solutions to create a multi-payer application that uses claims valuation and real-time insurance and benefits verification to help physician practices reduce bad debt and collect more payments upfront.
Six out of 10 U.S. hospitals have seen an increase in emergency room patients without insurance - while nearly half of all hospitals have cut staff.