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By Susan Morse | 11:03 am | June 28, 2016
The new company will be able to offer health plans and providers a comprehensive suite of end-to-end financial and payment solutions and technologies, according to a McKesson statement.
By Henry Powderly | 02:44 pm | June 26, 2016
At its 2016 ANI event, the Healthcare Financial Management Association on Sunday named 150 healthcare providers as leaders for adopting best practices when it comes to patient financial communications, an important benchmark as patient financial responsibility rises.
By Kaiser Health News | 03:06 pm | June 13, 2016
As health care consolidation accelerates nationwide, a new study shows that hospital prices in two of California's largest health systems were 25 percent higher than at other hospitals around the state.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:16 pm | May 24, 2016
The Office for Civil Rights, a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, today clarified that doctors and hospitals can charge more than $6.50 to provide patients an electronic copy of their records if they can show that the actual costs were higher.
By Susan Morse | 10:32 am | May 09, 2016
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell on Monday formally challenged the healthcare industry to finally fix issues with confusing medical bills, and the U.S. government is putting a cash prize behind the effort.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:30 pm | April 27, 2016
Patients in some states are paying more than double what those in other states pay for healthcare services, a recent study by the Health Care Cost Institute has found. In fact, even within single states, prices can vary widely.
By John Andrews | 11:48 am | April 20, 2016
Revenue cycle management has gone from being a "back office" function to an "end-to-end" system that begins at patient intake or even before, claims specialists say. Advanced technologies, in tandem with improved workflows and better data have resulted in RCM systems that encompass the entire healthcare enterprise.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:30 am | April 20, 2016
New research released by The Maine Heritage Policy Center has found significant variations in costs for certain procedures among Maine hospitals sometimes representing thousands of dollars, or in a handful of cases, five times the amount.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:17 am | April 15, 2016
If you have cancer, chances are your outpatient chemotherapy treatment costs are higher if your oncologist works for a healthcare system than if he/she has her own practice, a recent study found.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:59 am | April 12, 2016
Healthcare payment solution company SwervePay has acquired StatPayMD, a cost transparency group, in order to provide information and price transparency tools to consumers, the companies announced.