Companies around the country are becoming aware of their impact on the environment, and the American Red Cross is joining the movement to create a more environmentally friendly workplace at more than 100 of its Biomedical Services offices nationwide.
Using a process developed by Dolphin Safe Source, a leading chemical inventory management and inventory analysis firm, [...]
PhysicianFee Cut
The Senate on Tuesday byvoice vote approved a %26quot;bare-bones%26quot; Medicare bill (S 2499) that woulddelay for six months a 10% physician fee cut and would extend SCHIP throughMarch 2009, CQ Today reports. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer(D-Md.) said the House will take up the measure on Wednesday.
The legislation would increase Medicare physician fees by [...]
To improve your money management habits know that itemizing estimated expenses also curbs spending, study finds.
There is fresh evidence that people spend less when paying cash than using credit, cash-equivalent scrip or gift certificates. They also spend less when they have to estimate expenses in detail.
These findings appear in the September issue of the Journal [...]
In a move to further health system reform, the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Health Data Committee (HDC) has selected new software that will capture significantly more health care data than ever before. The software will support an all claims database that will aid in the analysis of information on visits to clinics, doctors’ offices [...]
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Friday examined some of the factors contributing to U.S. health care spending growth, CQ HealthBeat reports.
According to the briefing papers presented by two staffers, overall health care spending between 1999 and 2008 increased by 50%, compared with 20% in other economic sectors, the staffers said, while health care [...]
“Future Funding for Mental Health And Substance Abuse: Increasing Burdens For The Public Sector;” Health Affairs: The report, by Katharine Levit, senior research leader at the health care business of Thomson Reuters, and colleagues finds that spending on mental health and substance use treatment is expected to double between 2003 and 2014, but it is [...]
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana is planning to increase payments by as much as 10% for physicians who follow recommended care guidelines, the Indianapolis Star reports. The program will use information from the Indiana Health Information Exchange’s Quality Health First program. IHIE allows health care providers to access medical information securely over [...]
The world financial crisis could seriously delay the discovery and production of many new life-saving medicines, warns a major international conference today (Monday). Investment into research for new drugs – which globally runs into the billions – is now seriously at threat as former investors in the drug companies shy away as a result of [...]
Health care billing systems are getting more complicated as 1,170 Angioplasty codes are coming to a billing system near you. And why do we need so many? Well, because:
“… under the new system, medical practitioners can choose among 1,170 coded descriptions that pinpoint such factors as the location and the device involved for each patient.”
Or [...]
“A new approach, combining the best of traditional pensions and new savings vehicles,” which include health care savings, is required, as “global competition and rapid technological change challenge even the greatest companies to make good on future commitments,” Roger Ferguson, president and CEO of TIAA-CREF and a member of the Transition Economic Advisory Board assembled [...]