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Health insurers turn to financial services

Yesterday, our sister publication FierceHealthFinance told you about the growth in consumer deposits to... Read more...

MGMA 2008: MGMA backs standardized patient insurance ID

Right now, virtually every medical practice goes through the time-honored procedure of copying a patient's plastic insurance ID card, collecting their co-payment and submitting a claim for... Read more...

Study: Primary care MDs don't understand consumer-driven health plans

While the number of patients with high-deductible consumer-driven health plans continues to climb, it seems that primary care physicians haven't caught up with this trend. A new study funded by the... Read more...

GAO: HSAs are largely tax shelter for wealthy

While health savings accounts have been touted as a way for people of modest means to control their healthcare spending, they're largely being used as tax shelters for prosperous families, according... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Chinese healthcare overhaul creates opportunity; CDHP/HSA critics abound; and much more...

> China's overhaul of its healthcare system could create great opportunities for healthcare investors, observers say. Article... Read more...

CDHPs will need to step up outreach efforts

Well, surprise, surprise. Over 2007, we learned that many employees aren't too excited about current CDHP models, which offload a fair amount of first-dollar responsibility onto them without giving... Read more...

Groups create eight-state PPO in Western U.S.

A group of Western U.S. provider groups have come together to create a PPO spanning eight states. The PPO, VentureNet Healthcare, is a partnership between the Arizona Foundation for Medical Care,... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Medicare health plans say they'll mend their ways; FL hospitals pleased by PIP reinstatement; and much more...

> Contending that they're chastened by recent federal sanctions, a group of large health plans offering Medicare-based products say that they're cleaning house. Read more...

Insurers, banks keep expanding medical credit offerings

As we've reported here previously, insurers and banks are continuing to expand their credit... Read more...

Trend: Consumer medical finance market grows

Bigger deductibles. Larger co-pays. More policy exclusions. It's hardly surprising patients are beginning to look for new ways to pay for their care. And the always-helpful consumer credit industry... Read more...

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