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The Wisconsin Health Information Organization is taking steps to create a statewide repository of health claims data.The statewide organization, which includes providers, payers and purchaser...
Institute 2008, the annual June conference of America's Health Insurance Plans, is in full swing Thursday with a focus on best practices and applications, putting health plans in the role of agents of...
Two senators on the powerful Senate Finance Committee introduced a bill Wednesday to delay implementation of the competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and s...
Cardinal Health executives are preparing for a summit on a healthcare topic that has received plenty of publicity in recent months - hospital-acquired infections. Cardinal says the infections are asso...
A Canadian company is rolling out a cell phone-based approach for enabling secure encrypted access to medical, financial and other sensitive personal information.The approach, already in use...
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said America needs to find a better way to help the estimated 47 million people without affordable healthcare.Speaking at the Senate Finance Committee...
A pay-for-performance project has resulted in a 15.8 percent boost in quality over three years at 250 hospitals across the country, the Premier healthcare alliance reported Tuesday. The Centers for Me...
In a deal designed to give the company more operating capital, MEDecision, Inc. has reached a merger agreement with one of its largest clients.The deal, announced Wednesday, allows the Chicag...
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has given Medicare beneficiaries and their healthcare providers greater flexibility in meeting emergency health needs in flood-stricken Iowa and Indian...
Just when doctors thought things couldn't get much worse, experts say, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has thrown another wrench into the already difficult transition to using Nationa...