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LONG BEACH, CA – Telemedicine, long believed to have the potential for facilitating healthcare treatment, may be about to play a significant role in ambulatory settings. According to...

Inconsistent investments and strategies are undercutting the effectiveness of pay-for-performance initiatives in the United States, according to a recent payer-based survey on P4P programs....

WASHINGTON – A group of Democrats and other supporters are calling for a law that would allow government officials to negotiate for lower Medicare drug prices. According to Sen. D...

PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ – An alliance that’s promoting the benefits of using smart cards in healthcare suggests the cards can contain both clinical and financial information to improve care...

WASHINGTON – Standard business rules have been released by a collaborative organization to facilitate the data exchange process between providers and insurers. The rules w...

More than half of the California physicians involved in a year-old pay-for-performance consortium have reported using new healthcare information technology to schedule patient visits and appointment r...

PHILADELPHIA – In expanding its use of a document management system to hold and share patient information, the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network also is seeing a payoff in efficiency and r...

Contributed By Elizabeth W. Boehm & Bruce D. Temkin Health plan executives are confronted by a daunting challenge – they face increasing cost pressures, more complex plan designs, ris...

WASHINGTON - Amid industry concerns, a new pay-for-performance program has been outlined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The voluntary 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiati...

PITTSBURGH – Consolidation and economies of scale are two key reasons behind the combination of two large Blues plans in Pennsylvania. The merger, announced in late March, will form an orga...