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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | July 16, 2007
The Sullivan Group, a provider of risk management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced an alliance with global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings of New York to pr...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 16, 2007
Slow adoption and anticipated high costs of development have prompted American Express to drop out of the healthcare payment card business. The giant New York-based financial...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | July 16, 2007
Three days after the Senate Finance Committee announced a proposal for renewing the State Children's Health Insurance Program, lawmakers unveiled a $35 billion bipartisan plan to secure the coverage o...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 16, 2007
Both the public and private sector took initial steps last week to test the concept that keeping employees healthy will save money on healthcare. In Washington, two senators hav...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 16, 2007
FRANKLIN, TN – The Medical Banking Project is taking on its first test case, aiming to show how the nation’s banks can play a role in solving some of the most vexing issues in healthcare d...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | July 13, 2007
Experts from both sides of the aisle predict that healthcare, though important to most Americans, may not play a major role in the upcoming presidential election. At a July 10 bri...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | July 12, 2007
A former IT manager for America's Health Insurance Plans has pled guilty to defrauding the not-for-profit industry organization of nearly $1 million. Dribjot S. Dua entered a guilty plea...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 12, 2007
Thousands of lives could be saved with information technology for diabetes management, but a new report suggests that only one form of diabetes IT is cost-effective as well....
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | July 11, 2007
If a good compromise leaves both parties unsatisfied, here's to the Senate Finance Committee. Committee Chairmen Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | July 10, 2007
It's time for healthcare organizations to simplify pricing approaches to build up public trust and to take mistrust out of the contracting process. In releasing the latest...