Costs news and information

Insurers looking to offer low-cost options on the new health insurance exchanges are knitting together narrow provider networks that are willing to offer lower prices in exchange for the guaranteed volume that comes with serving an entire patient population. But that raises thorny questions for...
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Over the past two years, dozens of medical specialty groups have embraced a national campaign to reduce unneeded tests and procedures, with at least one notable exception: Emergency room doctors have been slow to join this push to cut costs and improve care.
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Consumers shopping for health coverage in new online marketplaces may scratch their heads when they come to a handful of plans in Virginia: Why do some cost more than $1,800 a month? The reason: Those premiums reflect an add-on benefit for a type of costly surgery for obesity which makes them up to...
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In dentists’ and doctors’ offices, hearing aid centers and pain clinics, American healthcare is forging a lucrative alliance with American finance. A growing number of healthcare professionals are urging patients to pay for treatment not covered by their insurance plans with credit...
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Asthma can usually be well controlled with drugs. But being able to afford prescription medications often requires top-notch insurance or plenty of disposable income, and time to hunt for bargains.
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A growing number of senior citizens are ensnared in a Medicare crackdown on hospitals over costly inpatient admissions.
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A credit analyst for not-for-profit healthcare providers cautions that the new state health insurance exchanges may introduce more short-term risk than benefit.
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Maryland has submitted a plan to the federal government to modernize the state's all-payer rate setting system for hospital services, Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Friday.
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A recent survey of some 2,500 doctors conducted by Dr. Jon Tilburt at the Mayo Clinic and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association was full of good news for those of us who believe that, as physicians, we have a big role to play in controlling healthcare costs. It reveals...
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Modern Healthcare's editorial webinar“Cost Saving in Device Procurement: Innovative Strategies on Physician Preference Items” explored...
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