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By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 17, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush today defended his decision to veto bipartisan legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program. "I don't like plans that encourage people to move from p...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | October 17, 2007
People find paying a standard monthly fee and an upfront co-pay for visits attractive because they feel that they are losing less money and are motivated to keep visit for reimbursement, a new study o...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | October 16, 2007
Seattle-based OCS has announced the release of The Home Health Financial Monitor, a collection of financial reporting and analysis products for home healthcare executives. Among the p...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 15, 2007
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Oct. that 11 it will conduct a home health pay-for-performance (P4P) demonstration that will be a precursor to a permanent nationwide ho...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 15, 2007
Sen. John McCain ( R-Ariz.) joined the ranks of presidential hopefuls on both sides of the aisle who are coming up to bat on what pollsters have determined is the nation's second most important domest...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | October 12, 2007
Voluntary employee benefit associations, or VEBAs, have been around since the late 1920s, but the size of General Motors' contribution to the healthcare trusts for the United Auto Workers, or UAW, is...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 12, 2007
Palisades Medical Center executives overreacted when they suspended doctors and nurses who took a sneak peek at movie and TV star George Clooney's medical records during his recent stay at the hospita...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | October 12, 2007
As employers pursue various approaches to save on healthcare spending, wellness programs are increasingly being tried. However, even though they're expanding offerings beyond traditional wellness appr...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | October 11, 2007
Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, Inc. is looking to better connect its customers with health plans, and believes ConnectYourCare, LLC will do the trick. St. Louis-based Ex...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 09, 2007
Hospitals and healthcare organizations assuming they still have until May 23 to transition to using the National Provider Identifier (NPI) on Medicare claims now have less time than they thought....