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BLOOMINGTON, MN – The Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG) is leading a Bridges to Excellence pay-for-performance pilot in Minnesota that will measure, monitor and reward the successful treat...
The NHIC Corp., a subsidiary of global technology company EDS, has been awarded a $148 million contract to administer Part A and Part B Medicare claims payments to healthcare providers in four Northwe...
LOS ANGELES – L.A. Care Health Plan’s board is expected to approve individual community clinic awards totaling $2 million for the adoption of health information technology through its HIT...
SAN FRANCISCO – More than 1,000 protesters converged outside the Moscone Convention Center on June 19 during the America’s Health Insurance Plans’ annual conference.Demonst...
NASHVILLE, TN – Radical changes in healthcare will not put hospitals at the center of the healthcare delivery system – instead moving the focus of care further upstream.That’...
With the presidential race at last narrowed down to two major candidates, it’s more tempting to speculate as to what the healthcare landscape may be under the next administration. ...
CHICAGO – Medical tourism and medical student debt burden were two of the hot topics at a five-day, mid-June meeting of the American Medical Association at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago....
ALEXANDRIA, VA – In a move expected to give a major boost to the interconnectivity needed to accelerate the adoption of electronic prescribing, the two networks formed to support electronic pres...
WASHINGTON – As expected, the number of rejected claims spiked following the May 23rd deadline requiring all providers to use their National Provider Identifier number on electronic transactions...
While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has pushed back the proposed 10.6 percent Medicare payment cuts to physicians until mid July, the agency has proposed new efforts to promote access...