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• What's new on PARC?
  Nov 2008
• NEWS: Unapproved drugs still sold
  Nov 2008
• PATIENT ACCESS GOALS: Coping with a major remodel
  Nov 2008
• CMS UPDATE: CMS rescinds and replaces previous transmittal on Medicare deductible, coinsurance, and premium rates for 2009
  Nov 2008
• BENCHMARK REPORT: Registration accuracy rates
  Nov 2008
• NEWS: Patients don't understand Medicare coverage gap
  Nov 2008
• RAC UPDATE: CMS RAC Open Door forum
  Nov 2008
• 2008 SUCCESS: One patient access manager's highlights
  Nov 2008
• What’s new on PARC?
  Nov 2008
• SNEAK PEEK: Be prepared for ABN changes
  Nov 2008
• BENCHMARK REPORT: Registration accuracy rates
  Nov 2008
• 2008 SUCCESS: One patient access manager’s highlights
  Nov 2008
• BENCHMARK REPORT: Registration accuracy rates
  Nov 2008
• 2008 SUCCESS: One patient access manager’s highlights
  Nov 2008
• NEWS: Changes for Medicare drug program
  Nov 2008
• NEWS: CMS delays RAC permanent program
  Nov 2008
• NEWS: MA doctors wanting bonuses required by 2011 to use e-prescriptions
  Oct 2008
• CHANGES COMING: Key differences in nationwide rollout
  Oct 2008
• 2008 SUCCESS: One patient access manager's highlights
  Oct 2008
• MSP ACCURACY TIP: Ask more questions
  Oct 2008
• 2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Sharing their success with us
  Oct 2008
• WHAT'S NEW ON PARC
  Oct 2008
• CMS REPORT: Medicaid spending will rise faster than economy
  Oct 2008
• SUCCESS STORIES IN 2008: Let us hear it
  Oct 2008
• IDENTITY THEFT: Facilities must be prepared
  Oct 2008
• TAKE OUR SURVEY: Registration accuracy: How your peers measure up
  Oct 2008
• RAC UPDATE: Contingency fees announced
  Oct 2008
• QUALITY CONTROL: 8 tips for quality control auditing
  Oct 2008
• NEWS: Medicare fraud suspected in Miami
  Oct 2008
• NEWS: MA residents using ER for routine care
  Oct 2008
• REGISTRATION ACCURACY: How your peers measure up
  Oct 2008
• MSP COMPLIANCE: Take-home hints on MSP
  Oct 2008
• SNEAK PEEK: Improving communication at Children's Atlanta
  Oct 2008
• MORE RAC TIPS: What patient access managers should watch
  Oct 2008
• What's new on PARC this week?
  Sep 2008
• SPEAKING OF RACs: Patient access managers must be ready
  Sep 2008
• SPEAKING OF MSP: Tips to monitor staff members’ efficiency
  Sep 2008
• TIP: Don't forget about MSPs in RACs
  Sep 2008
• NEW ON PARC: Patient access managers chime in on RAC preparedness survey
  Sep 2008
• NEWS: Hospital settles charges of overbilling
  Sep 2008
• ABNs: CMS releases new instructions
  Sep 2008
• NEWS: Revised timeline for RACs
  Sep 2008
• GOING ALL OUT: We'll even drive your car for you
  Sep 2008
• NEWS: More people need help with bills
  Sep 2008
• THE FACTS ON RACS: Take our survey!
  Sep 2008
• Blog spotlight: Celebrate staff in a snap
  Sep 2008
• SUCCESS IN PATIENT ACCESS: One shoe fits the other
  Sep 2008
• TIP: Develop a customer service script
  Sep 2008
• Q&A: ABNs and HINNs
  Aug 2008
• SNEAK PEEK: Your MSP checklist
  Aug 2008
• NEWS: New ABN forms not mandatory until March 2009
  Aug 2008
• BENCHMARK HELP: Send us your thoughts
  Aug 2008
• ADVISOR'S TIP: Interview candidates twice
  Aug 2008
• SNEAK PEEK: Customer service recognized at Skagit Valley Hospital
  Aug 2008
• TAKE OUR SURVEY: Charity Care
  Aug 2008
• WHAT’S NEW ON PARC THIS WEEK?
  Aug 2008
• NEWS: Urgent-care clinics offer ED alternative
  Aug 2008
• ADVISOR'S TIP: Map out co-pay collection process
  Aug 2008
• Q&A: ED billing for Inpatient Psychiatric Facility patient
  Aug 2008
• Urgent-care clinics offer ED alternative
  Aug 2008
• Illinois governor revises bills to benefit state's uninsured
  Aug 2008
• ADVISOR'S TIP: Year-end planning
  Aug 2008
• TEAM BUILDING: Patient access should be ready for RACs
  Aug 2008
• 2008 SALARY SURVEY: Patient access managers overworked
  Aug 2008
• NEWS: Medicare to pay bonuses for e-prescribing
  Jul 2008
• What's new on PARC this week?
  Jul 2008
• Experiment raises doctors' pay to reduce healthcare costs
  Jul 2008
• NEWS: Six of 10 RACs in New York overturned on appeal
  Jul 2008
• NEWS: Congress overrides Bush veto on Medicare
  Jul 2008
• NEWS: With nudge by Kennedy, Medicare bill passes
  Jul 2008
• Are you prepared for Medicare’s RACs?
  Jul 2008
• Full report on 2009 OPPS proposed rule
  Jul 2008
• Tell us your story, win a prize from PARC
  Jul 2008
• Take our PARC salary survey!
  Jul 2008
• Healthcare shoppers go undercover
  Jul 2008
• Take our PARC salary survey
  Jul 2008
• Thanks for visiting us!
  Jul 2008
• Medicare supplement plan codes
  Jul 2008
• NEWS: California sues Prime Healthcare over balance-billing practice
  Jul 2008
• NEWS: UnitedHealth cuts 4,000 jobs and 2008 outlook
  Jul 2008
• Q&A: Therapy and Part B
  Jun 2008
• Medicare pays, even if providers do not
  Jun 2008
• Kennedy fights for Massachusetts Medicaid
  Jun 2008
• What’s new on PARC this week?
  Jun 2008
• NEWS: Coventry's announcment makes impact
  Jun 2008
• NEWS: Medical mistakes no longer billable in Massachusetts
  Jun 2008
• BENCHMARKING REPORT: 2008 Recruitment and Retention report from PARC
  Jun 2008
• HCPro at ANI conference
  Jun 2008
• New York Medicaid to deny payment for hospital errors
  Jun 2008
• Millions of Americans still underinsured, study finds
  Jun 2008
• HCPro at ANI conference
  Jun 2008
• What's new on PARC? BENCHMARKING REPORT: 2008 Recruitment and Retention report
  Jun 2008
• What’s new on PARC this week?
  Jun 2008
• Q&A: HINN 11
  Jun 2008
• NEWS: CMS clarifies instructions regarding the attending/referring physician NPI for self referred mammograms
  Jun 2008
• NEWS: One way to collect debt - send it to auction
  Jun 2008
• What’s new on PARC this week!
  May 2008
• NEWS: Newly insured outpace available doctors in Massachusetts
  May 2008
• NEWS: Hartford Hospital refunds Medicare
  May 2008
• Q&A: Self-pay patients
  May 2008
• What’s new on PARC this week?
  May 2008
• Q&A: Retention and recruitment in Patient Access
  May 2008
• NEWS: Bill sets stay in hospital for breast cancer
  May 2008
• Take our short MSP survey and receive a Starbucks gift card!
  May 2008
• NEWS: CMS corrects previous Change Request on billing replaced devices under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) that are received without cost or with a credit
  May 2008
• Q&A: MSP Questionnaire
  May 2008
• What's new on PARC this week!
  May 2008
• NEWS: Greenwich (CT) Hospital fined for overcharging Medicare program
  May 2008
• NEWS: Judge rules against Blue Cross of Michigan on rate hikes
  May 2008
• What’s new on PARC this week!
  May 2008
• NEWS: Medicare bid process drawing flak
  May 2008
• NEWS: Identity thieves prey on patients' medical records
  May 2008
• Q&A: NPI rejections
  May 2008
• HCPro at the NAHAM Conference
  May 2008
• Q&A: Defining a "new patient."
  May 2008
• What’s new on PARC this week!
  May 2008
• NEWS: Dallas doctor to pay $253,000 to feds
  May 2008
• NEWS: Medicare costs soar for cancer care
  May 2008
• House votes down Medicaid cutbacks
  Apr 2008
• NEWS: Florida bill seeks to clarify medical services pricing
  Apr 2008
• UPDATE: CMS issues description of its process of assigning providers to Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs)
  Apr 2008
• UPDATE: Fiscal year (FY) 2009 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule posted on CMS Web site
  Apr 2008
• NEWS: Hospitals missing out on collection opportunities, study finds
  Apr 2008
• NEWS: Florida hospitals cringe at proposed cuts to Medicaid
  Apr 2008
• QUOTE OF THE WEEK
  Apr 2008
• Take our short survey and be entered to win $100
  Apr 2008
• HCPro at the NAHAM Conference
  Apr 2008
• NEWS: U.S. Medicare decision on coding postponed
  Apr 2008
• SURVEY: Enter to win $100 for taking our ED and clinic revenue cycle survey
  Apr 2008
• NEWS: CMS issues fiscal year (FY) 2008 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) correction notice
  Apr 2008
• GOT IDEAS? PARC needs your help with benchmarking reports
  Apr 2008
• And the winners are...
  Apr 2008
• Q&A: Updated definition of "new patient"
  Apr 2008
• NEWS: Insurers look at virtual visits to doctor
  Apr 2008
• NEWS: Majority of U.S. doctors back national insurance plan
  Apr 2008
• NEWS: High costs force third of Americans to skip needed healthcare
  Mar 2008
• NEWS: Outlook remains bleak for Medicare, Social Security
  Mar 2008
• FRESH LOOK: HCPro, Inc. launches new logo and tagline as part of its new corporate branding initiative
  Mar 2008
• PARC FEATURE STORY: People skills first
  Mar 2008
• Q&A: HCPCS code 96116
  Mar 2008
• News: Boston-area health provider predicts big loss
  Mar 2008
• News: St. Louis health system settles lawsuit for uninsured patients
  Mar 2008
• PARC CONTEST: Write us about your best access rep or manager
  Mar 2008
• Q&A: Overlapping claims
  Mar 2008
• NEWS: Hospitals to get $666 million from Medicare settlement
  Mar 2008
• BREAKING NEWS: Medicare releases changes to ABN
  Mar 2008
• NEWS: Medicare proposed rule draws criticism
  Mar 2008
• NEWS: RACs collect $371.5 million in 2007
  Mar 2008
• Q&A: Drugs associated with an NDC
  Mar 2008
• BENCHMARKING REPORT: 2008 Self-pay report from PARC
  Mar 2008
• NEWS: As medical costs grow, creditors get in the game
  Feb 2008
• NEWS: Private Medicare plans' cost questioned
  Feb 2008
• Q&A: Condition Code 44
  Feb 2008
• Medicare expands coverage of ailing hearts
  Feb 2008
• Paying patients test British healthcare system
  Feb 2008
• U.S. deemed unready for health crisis
  Feb 2008
• Billing for a multi-disciplinary clinic
  Feb 2008
• Officials face challenges in providing care to uninsured
  Feb 2008
• Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) reporting
  Feb 2008
• Higher Medicaid fees can't fix pay gaps, say Georgia doctors
  Feb 2008
• Higher Medicaid fees can't fix pay gaps, say Georgia doctors
  Feb 2008
• Proposed Bush budget cuts would hit hospitals hard, administrators say
  Feb 2008
• City hospitals work to improve emergency rooms
  Feb 2008
• Proposals urging free choice of medical providers stir debate
  Feb 2008
• Bush’s budget sparks more debate
  Feb 2008
• Healthcare financing fraud trial nears
  Feb 2008
• Bush seeks surplus via Medicare cuts
  Feb 2008
• What's new on PARC this week!
  Jan 2008
• Medicare fraud nets healthcare providers jail time
  Jan 2008
• MA will pay for its health insurance initiative
  Jan 2008
• Blue Cross aims to lower costs and improve quality
  Jan 2008
• Enter to win $100 for taking our self-pay survey
  Jan 2008
• Appeal could boost Pennsylvania hospitals' reimbursement from Medicare
  Jan 2008
• CMS issues updated data files for determining disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments
  Jan 2008
• Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system
  Jan 2008
• Medicare extends reimbursements
  Jan 2008
• National healthcare spending soars to record high
  Jan 2008
• Survey shows consumers care about pricing data
  Jan 2008
• National Uniform Billing Committee’s review
  Jan 2008
• Medicaid payments triple
  Jan 2008
• Investigation into WellCare limited to Florida
  Jan 2008
• Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  Dec 2007
• Doctor sentenced for insurance fraud
  Dec 2007
• Physicians saving Medicare millions
  Dec 2007
• Diagnostic tests provided to Skilled Nursing Facility residents
  Dec 2007
• CMS announces changes to Inpatient Prospective Payment System, Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System, and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System
  Dec 2007
• Fresh pain for healthcare providers, too
  Dec 2007
• New credit score system to debut this summer
  Dec 2007
• MA residents enrolling in health plan
  Dec 2007
• CDC report: 40 million Americans can't afford healthcare
  Dec 2007
• UnitedHealth billing flaws persisted as company grew
  Dec 2007
• Quick Medicare compliance survey: Your feedback is important
  Dec 2007
• Condition codes
  Dec 2007
• New York mulls insurance plan to cover everyone
  Dec 2007
• For hospitals, debt parade hasn't stopped--yet
  Dec 2007
• Congress to submit children's healthcare bill
  Dec 2007
• Legislators, hospital officials move to stop controversial Medicare auditing program
  Nov 2007
• Hospital must find $200 million to stay in business
  Nov 2007
• Physicians to face largest reimbursement cut
  Nov 2007
• Providers owe Medicaid $1 billion in back taxes
  Nov 2007
• Skilled Nursing Facility determination
  Nov 2007
• Georgia doctor pleads guilty to Medicare fraud
  Nov 2007
• CMS releases 2008 OPPS final rule
  Nov 2007
• Medicare will not change ESA-drug policy
  Oct 2007
• Feds raid Medicare provider
  Oct 2007
• Lawmakers: Government should issue Medicare drug plan itself
  Oct 2007
• Medicaid enrollment falls
  Oct 2007
• Insurers must correct Medicare practices
  Oct 2007
• Healthcare lobbyists fight Washington on Medicare cuts
  Oct 2007
• Hospitals can sue insurer, avoid lengthy Medicare appeals process
  Oct 2007
• Important message from Medicare regarding NPI
  Oct 2007
• Minnesota hospitals will not charge insurers and patients for their own errors
  Sep 2007
• Consumer group: One-third of Americans had no health insurance for all or part of last two years
  Sep 2007
• Texas hospitals adapt to more Spanish-speaking patients
  Sep 2007
• Video/audio system implemented in NC hospital
  Sep 2007
• MA hospitals may see cuts from treating uninsured patients
  Sep 2007
• Insurance premiums on the rise
  Sep 2007
• Take our Patient Access Director's survey!
  Sep 2007
• Federal government proposes cuts to Medicaid payments to schools
  Sep 2007
• Michigan insurance providers target specific age groups with custom plans
  Sep 2007
• Scope of new Important Message from Medicare
  Sep 2007
• Romney introduces plan for nationwide universal health coverage
  Aug 2007
• Record numbers of Americans lack health insurance
  Aug 2007
• Letter to the editor
  Aug 2007
• University of Chicago Medical Center may hand off Medicaid patients
  Aug 2007
• Illinois Blue Cross disputes payments for medical center
  Aug 2007
• Health insurers aim to increase paying customers
  Aug 2007
• Lawsuit claims hospital monopoly meant higher prices for patients
  Aug 2007
• More hospitals using kiosks to register patients
  Aug 2007
• New York healthcare providers to reimburse $7 million for duplicate billing
  Aug 2007
• Michigan delays $54 million in scheduled payments to hospitals
  Aug 2007
• New Orleans hospitals drowning under financial burdens
  Aug 2007
• Medi-Cal funding halted due to budget impasse
  Aug 2007
• Illinois hospital wins battle in charity care case
  Jul 2007
• Kaiser fined for the second time in one year
  Jul 2007
• Bush plans to stop expansion of children's healthcare plan
  Jul 2007
• New OPPS proposed rule pushes wholesale packaging: CMS takes initial steps towar
  Jul 2007
• Can you report on more than one PQRI measure at the same visit?
  Jul 2007
• Uninsured Americans raise Medicare costs
  Jul 2007
• How should we discipline staff who remove medical records from the facility?
  Jul 2007
• Senate committee approves healthcare IT bill
  Jul 2007
• Deadline extended for publication of provider reimbursement final rule
  Jul 2007
• Study addresses low enrollment, low satisfaction with consumer driven plans
  Jun 2007
• CMS publishes NPI notice
  Jun 2007
• Study: Many of country's uninsured population are veterans
  Jun 2007
• "Sicko" will surely stir the healthcare pot
  Jun 2007
• Are hospitals bound by InterQual criteria when determining patient status?
  Jun 2007
• Los Angeles hospital given 23 days to correct emergency procedures
  Jun 2007
• CMS issues FAQs regarding NPPES
  Jun 2007
• Can patient access staff give out ED information over the phone?
  Jun 2007
• Study: P4P program not working-yet
  Jun 2007
• WellPoint CFO asked to resign
  Jun 2007
• Having trouble appealing your denied claims?
  Jun 2007
• Providers face July 1 deadline to begin delivering discharge message
  Jun 2007
• Florida Hospital promises emergency-room patients an hour wait
  Jun 2007
• Can someone e-mail patient information to a registration department?
  May 2007
• Survey: Patients in favor of EHRs
  May 2007
• Aetna changes reimbursement procedures
  May 2007
• Are we required to include a disclaimer on all faxes?
  May 2007
• Cash collections: Develop a thorough program for your entire team
  May 2007
• ABCs of ABNs
  May 2007
• Study: U.S. healthcare system compares poorly to other wealthy countries
  May 2007
• CMS offers guidance for hospitals that provide emergency services
  May 2007
• Can physician move patient directly into observation after surgery?
  May 2007
• HCA execs head to Washington, propose uninsured program
  May 2007
• Free patient access salary survey
  May 2007
• Katrina physicians suing Louisiana over uncompensated care
  May 2007
• Anthem Blue Cross in Indiana offers price shopping tool for members
  May 2007
• NPIs: Taxonomy code for psychiatric residents?
  May 2007
• Wal-Mart set to open as many as 400 retail clinics
  Apr 2007
• New Jersey may soon collect co-pays from Medicaid recipients
  Apr 2007
• Report: NJ marred by fraudulent charity care program
  Apr 2007
• CMS proposed rule moves toward severity-adjusted DRGs
  Apr 2007
• UnitedHealth: No more long waits for claims decisions
  Apr 2007
• CMS to hold NPI roundtable
  Apr 2007
• Study: Consumers embracing retail clinics
  Apr 2007
• CMS: Initial NPI deadline will not be enforced
  Apr 2007
• Texas Web site provides price transparency
  Mar 2007
• NC collaborative to coordinate better care for uninsured population
  Mar 2007
• MA healthcare initiative hits another snag
  Mar 2007
• CMS proposes changes to ABN form
  Mar 2007
• New program helps emergency responders identify hospital destinations quicker
  Mar 2007
• HCA hospitals now on the forefront of transparency movement
  Mar 2007
• UB-04: Priority type of visit: Required for all patient types?
  Mar 2007
• TN hospital takes proactive approach to make up for reimbursement losses
  Mar 2007
• Bush's budget proposal, states uninsured initiatives at odds
  Feb 2007
• Report: 9/11 attacks costing U.S. $393m in healthcare costs
  Feb 2007
• Bush's Medicare and Medicaid cuts would hit hospitals hard
  Feb 2007
• Unlikely groups team up for healthcare initiative
  Feb 2007
• Katrina proves EHRs are necessary
  Feb 2007
• House calls the latest in patient convenience
  Feb 2007
• P4P experiment shows tremendous quality improvements
  Jan 2007
• Organizations teaming up to market healthcare charge cards
  Jan 2007
• Bush will propose tax code to make insurance selection process easier
  Jan 2007
• NH HHS lists more equipment exclusions under Medicaid coverage
  Jan 2007
• Pittsburgh health system experiments with online scheduling software
  Jan 2007
• Sen. Kennedy pushes for federal universal healthcare plan
  Jan 2007
• Healthcare spending increases at slow pace in 2005
  Jan 2007
• Schwarzenegger argues healthcare "fee" is not a tax
  Jan 2007
• Report: Fewer children enrolled in Medicaid
  Jan 2007
• Gates Foundation investing in Tenet
  Jan 2007
• MA healthcare initiative has fast start; challenges remain
  Jan 2007
• CMS plans hospital quality improvement program
  Jan 2007
• Some CA insurers won't insure certain categories of people
  Jan 2007
• New Medicare drug numbers may undercut proposal for government negotiations
  Jan 2007
• Groups support New Hampshire's Rx confidentiality law
  Jan 2007
• Study: Vacation time important to your health
  Jan 2007
• Seattle group among those participating in quality of care initiative
  Jan 2007
• Just three states have qualified for OIG incentives offer
  Jan 2007
• MA hospitals, centers spreading the word of universal healthcare initiative
  Jan 2007
• Poll: CA voters favor requiring employers to provide insurance coverage
  Jan 2007
• Boston mayor requests investigation into Humana pricing tactics
  Jan 2007
• Schwarzenegger ready to unveil healthcare reform plan
  Jan 2007
• Kaiser meeting with CA regulators, proposing policy changes
  Jan 2007
• Report: USC Hospital among worst in liver transplant deaths
  Jan 2007
• CT to unveil disease-management programs
  Jan 2007
• Universal healthcare plan in Massachusetts now faces marketing challenge
  Jan 2007
• Physician organization, patients team in class-action suit against CA insurer
  Jan 2007
• Experts: Healthcare will take center stage in 2007
  Dec 2006
• Hospital employee pleads guilty for stealing, selling medical supplies
  Dec 2006
• Kaiser employee reprimanded for blog submission
  Dec 2006
• MN hospitals taking part in interpreter study
  Dec 2006
• Study: Pay-for-performance impractical because of lack of provider tools
  Dec 2006
• Vermont Web site accidentally releases patient information
  Dec 2006
• Report: California healthcare reform will be difficult to implement
  Dec 2006
• CT physician sues states officials after being accused of Medicaid fraud
  Dec 2006
• OIG: Physicians didn't consistently code the place of service
  Dec 2006
• WI considering increased cigarette tax to help cover healthcare costs
  Dec 2006
• United settles after misleading customers
  Dec 2006
• MD hospitals experiencing heavy ER volume
  Dec 2006
• Schwarzenegger finds "hidden" tax for uninsured coverage
  Dec 2006
• CMS updates several CPT, HCPCS codes for 2007
  Dec 2006
• Spectrum Health lists estimated charges for top procedures
  Dec 2006
• Oregon democrat proposes universal healthcare plan
  Dec 2006
• NCVHS chairman questions NPI readiness
  Dec 2006
• Insurers take a big hit in Oregon
  Dec 2006
• Medicaid proposed cuts arriving on Monday
  Dec 2006
• Massachusetts health plan may serve as a national model
  Dec 2006
• TX county considers new medical claims auditing service
  Dec 2006
• Survey: Companies shifting costs of retiree coverage to retirees
  Dec 2006
• Hospitals dedicated to working with patients with debt
  Dec 2006
• Alabama judge throws out Scrushy's new trial request
  Dec 2006
• Pay-for-performance gives physicians a chance to turn a negative into a positive
  Dec 2006
• Patient information stolen from insurance vendor
  Dec 2006
• Report: Missouri will soon fall into Medicaid 'crisis'
  Dec 2006
• CMS to expand coverage for diabetes care
  Dec 2006
• CA democrats propose foundation of universal healthcare plan
  Dec 2006
• CDHPs: The newest insurance plan on the block
  Dec 2006
• MO officials propose Medicaid overhaul
  Dec 2006
• Web sites lend support for ill patients, enhance experience
  Dec 2006
• WA insurer retreats in face of criticism, lawsuit
  Dec 2006
• Web sites lend support for ill patients, enhance experience
  Dec 2006
• OIG: Nebraska claimed duplicate charges
  Dec 2006
• Co-chair of National Kidney Foundation at center of debate
  Dec 2006
• KY executive in hot water for "illegal" gift
  Dec 2006
• Report: High-deductible plans not as valuable as advertised
  Dec 2006
• Illinois joins states in quest of universal health plan
  Dec 2006
• Testimony: Medicare payments for anemia may lead to heart complications
  Dec 2006
• Judge rules no arbitration in physician lawsuit against insurers
  Dec 2006
• New concept: Company sets out to simplify patient bills, lower bad debt
  Dec 2006
• Study: Hospital-physician relationship continuing to crumble
  Dec 2006
• GA senator proposing incentive program for uninsured population
  Dec 2006
• Courts: CT HMOs must report Medicaid data
  Dec 2006
• CMS makes consumer-friendly upgrades to Web site
  Dec 2006
• CMS makes consumer-friendly upgrades to its Web site
  Dec 2006
• MA officials will publicize mortality rates for heart surgeons
  Dec 2006
• Study: Colorado healthcare costs have doubled in six years
  Dec 2006
• Government: $3.1 billon in fraud recovery in 2006
  Dec 2006
• Wal-Mart tops dubious list in Washington
  Dec 2006
• Study: When given a choice, more employees select HMOs over CDHPs
  Dec 2006
• AL physician charged in Medicare fraud case
  Dec 2006
• FL ERs charging patients with nonemergencies extra
  Dec 2006
• San Francisco universal plan could serve as national model
  Dec 2006
• United to introduce patient ID cards
  Dec 2006
• Report: Healthcare costs in Boston have doubled in six years
  Dec 2006
• DC family sues district over late ambulance arrival, family member's death
  Dec 2006
• CMS unveils new rules
  Dec 2006
• Government reports cost savings for Medicare drug program
  Nov 2006
• LA appeals court rejects Blue Cross appeal
  Nov 2006
• HHS: Four steps to reduce healthcare costs
  Nov 2006
• Patients at AZ hospitals may get significant refunds
  Nov 2006
• IT donations may put some hospitals in danger of losing tax-exempt status
  Nov 2006
• Patients at AZ hospitals may get significant refunds
  Nov 2006
• IT donations may put some hospitals in danger of losing tax-exempt status
  Nov 2006
• CO hospital victimized by fraud
  Nov 2006
• Wal-Mart completes nationwide generic drug program
  Nov 2006
• Report: CA hospitals failing to inform patients of charity care rights
  Nov 2006
• CMS makes physicians office, HOPD payment information available
  Nov 2006
• Survey: More physicians using electronic medical records
  Nov 2006
• Commission suggests recommendations for New York's flailing healthcare system
  Nov 2006
• AMA pushes to halt Medicare cuts
  Nov 2006
• Report: CA hospitals not abiding by state charity care law
  Nov 2006
• Consumers ditching HMOs for PPOs
  Nov 2006
• Federal officials: Hospitals can donate medical record systems to physicians
  Nov 2006
• California late in enforcing Medicaid citizenship requirements
  Nov 2006
• Cuts in MA may endanger universal healthcare reform
  Nov 2006
• TN pair pleads guilty to insurance fraud
  Nov 2006
• LA attorney's office files 'dumping' charges against Kaiser hospital
  Nov 2006
• A hospital money-back guarantee? Two groups think it's a good idea
  Nov 2006
• CMS adopts rate changes for E/M
  Nov 2006
• NJ health officials introduce campaign against obesity
  Nov 2006
• IBM hired to help solve ER misuse problem
  Nov 2006
• IRS: Hospitals tax status endangered by IT donations
  Nov 2006
• High healthcare prices driving some employers to break the law
  Nov 2006