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Contributed by Jeffrey C. BauerDelivering standardized medical services of acceptable quality (effectiveness) at the lowest possible cost (efficiency) is a major goal of every healthcare pro...

AUSTIN, TX – A Texas mandate that workers’ compensation carriers accept e-billing from healthcare providers goes into effect on January 1, 2008. Other states are paying cl...

BALTIMORE – XLHealth, focused on improving care for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions, has completed a private placement of financing to raise $290 million. As part of...

COLUMBIA, SC – The number of health plans offering real-time claims adjudication at the point of service for their network providers is on the rise. While Blue Cross Blue Shield...

Medicare part D drug premiums to rise in ’08 Medicare Part D plan premiums will rise slightly in 2008 to an average of $25, up from about $22 in 2007, the Centers for M...

Senate passes med student loan relief bill Medical students would be allowed to defer student loan debt repayment plans longer if the Higher Education Access Act of 2007 is signed i...

CHARLOTTE, NC – The Premier Healthcare Alliance is looking for additional supporters as it plans to launch a project to test the viability of a program intended to increase patient safety and he...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced last week that it will begin recruiting for its post acute care payment reform demonstration to improve payments and incentives in the PAC settin...

ATLANTA – The variability of payer decisions on coverage is no joke for providers. They often base treatment decisions on precertification efforts, then find that payers deny s...

CHICAGO – An Internal Revenue Service ruling in May that encouraged not-for-profit hospitals to provide healthcare information technology to medical staff physicians is paying off for Allscripts...