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Health insurers turn to financial services

October 23, 2008 — 10:13am ET | By Anne Zieger
Yesterday, our sister publication FierceHealthFinance told you about the growth in consumer deposits to... Read more...

MGMA 2008: MGMA backs standardized patient insurance ID

October 21, 2008 — 3:28am ET | By Anne Zieger
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

October 8, 2008 — 11:27am ET | By Anne Zieger
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

May 1, 2008 — 6:59am ET
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...

March 6, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> 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

January 2, 2008 — 7:59am ET
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.

November 15, 2007 — 7:59am ET
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...

October 10, 2007 — 6:59am ET
> 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

September 24, 2007 — 6:59am ET
As we've reported here previously, insurers and banks are continuing to expand their credit... Read more...

Trend: Consumer medical finance market grows

August 30, 2007 — 6:59am ET
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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