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National health plans CDHP delivers ROI

 Patty Enrado December 04, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The WellPoint Institute of Health Care Knowledge has released a study indicating WellPoint’s employer groups save money through consumer-directed health plans.T...
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Solutions and Services News Briefs

 Healthcare Finance News Staff July 02, 2008
MPV automates processes for 3 medical groupsMedical Present Value, Inc. of Austin, Texas has added three academic medical groups to its list of customers seeking to automate payer contract...
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Consumers still hesitant to use CDHPs, study shows

 Diana Manos March 28, 2008
A new study has found that consumers are slow to adopt consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), though supporters claim interest will grow. CDHPs are typically compri...
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CDHP, HDHP survey shows plans still not accomplishing what they should

 Molly Merrill March 19, 2008
A three-year survey shows that although consumer-driven and high deductible health plans increased in 2007, they still only make up a small segment of the overall insurance market....
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AR technology is in high demand

 Patty Enrado March 07, 2008
With provider billing already incredibly complex, when you throw in consumer-directed healthcare and the cost shift to consumers, managing accounts receivable has become...
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Revenue cycle management undergoes changes

 Patty Enrado July 09, 2007
Outside forces are shaping how healthcare organizations are managing their revenue cycles. Regulation changes and the consumer-directed healthcare movement are the main agents of change....
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Alliance promotes smart card use

 Fred Bazzoli May 03, 2007
PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ – An alliance that’s promoting the benefits of using smart cards in healthcare suggests the cards can contain both clinical and financial information to improve care...
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Emdeon pushes electronic payments

 Fred Bazzoli March 30, 2007
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ – Emdeon Corp. will soon be rolling out an initiative to help connect payers and providers with an electronic payment and remittance service. Emdeon is planning...
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Front-end focus, staff education key to AR management

 Patty Enrado March 06, 2007
IN MID-JANUARY, Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates reported that it expects to record $200 million in bad debt expense in the fourth quarter due to an increase in self-paying patients....
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Congress gives HSAs a lift

 Fred Bazzoli January 08, 2007
Provisions in the end-of-session bill passed by Congress provide a number of elements intended to stimulate the use of health savings accounts. HSA provisions added to the Ta...
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Will 2007 be "Year of the smart card?"

 Jack Beaudoin December 29, 2006
If 2006 was the year consumer directed health plans began to pick up steam, 2007 may be the year that all-in-one "smart" cards, designed to automate the payment process, grab the public spotlight....
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Major banks continue march into the healthcare industry

 Patty Enrado November 09, 2006
Major banks continue to see healthcare as a growing business opportunity. In mid-August, Mellon Working Capital Solutions introduced its automated revenue cycle management solution fo...
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