Hospitals put IT projects on hold
Mar 1, 2009
By:Tracey Walker
Expected losses of delayed IT projects include improved quality, efficiency and care coordination
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Change in inpatient discharges, chart
Feb 1, 2009
By:Tracey Walker
Drill into your own data to see whether and to what degree these national inpatient trends are occuring in your own area.
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Priorities for Obama defined
Jan 1, 2009
By:Tracey Walker
Most consumers and healthcare experts want to see a reduction in costs or coverage expansion in 2009
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Cardiac and thoracic surgeons lead the pack
Nov 1, 2008
By:Mari Edlin
The American Medical Group Assn.'s compensation and financial survey indicates trends among surgical specialties, based on compensation RVUs and gross charges over a four-year period
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Oct 1, 2008
By:Tracey Walker
Fraud, abuse and overpayment increases annual claims costs by up to 10% annually, but if addressed with a comprehensive fraud control program, could be money returned to the bottom line.
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Sep 1, 2008
By:Tracey Walker
Health plans that coordinate their health savings account offerings with banks increase the likelihood that individuals establish and contribute to an HSA account, experts say.
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Aug 1, 2008
By:Tracey Walker
Consumers want information that's personalized and useful to their specific health problem, according to a recent healthcare consumer study from Deloitte.
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Jul 1, 2008
By:Tracey Walker
Drug trend for 2007 was 2%, the lowest year-over-year trend since Medco began tracking it in 1999, according to the company. While the drug cost trend is small in terms of overall healthcare dollars spent, it was at one time rising at a rate more than double the rate of inflation, according to Lon Castle, MD, senior director, department of medical and analytical affairs at Medco.
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