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Celent: Hospitals Expect More Payments To Come From Patients
By Staff WriterHospitals have an easier time submitting bills through electronic data interchange systems than using EDI to receive payments from patients.Researchers at Celent L.L.C., Boston, have ...
October 25, 2007
EBRI: Finances May Be Cutting Use Of Medical CareFears of big out-of-pocket bills may be starting to have a noticeable effect on the way U.S. residents think about buying medical services.Researchers at the ...
October 25, 2007
Hearing Witnesses Complain About Health Carrier ConsolidationCongress should do something to increase the number of health insurers competing for small employers' business.Witnesses delivered that message in Washington at a House Small ...
October 25, 2007
Investigators Visit Offices Of Government Plan CarrierFederal and state officials have executed a sealed search warrant at the headquarters of a company that runs Medicaid and Medicare plans.WellCare Health Plans Inc., ...
October 25, 2007
Alliances: Premera, Assist AmericaPremera Blue Cross will be using technology from Healthways Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. to try to speed members with health problems into disease ...
October 25, 2007
Alliances: Premera, Assist AmericaPremera Blue Cross will be using technology from Healthways Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. to try to speed members with health problems into disease ...
October 25, 2007
NBGH Finds Employers Want To Cut Tobacco UseEmployers have a strong interest in helping employees to give up cigarettes.Researchers at the National Business Group on Health, Washington, have explored employers' attitudes toward ...
October 24, 2007
EBRI: Finances May Be Cutting Use Of Medical CareFears of big out-of-pocket bills may be starting to have a noticeable effect on the way U.S. residents think about buying medical services.Researchers at the ...