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Electronic prior authorization piloted for e-prescription
CVS Caremark, which includes a leading pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), is piloting a method of electronic prior authorization (ePA) that can be used in the workflow of electronic prescribing. The
Some medical practices stop taking credit cards
Many patients are being currently forced to finance their co-payments and deductibles with credit cards. But in about one-third of practices, they don't have that option as increasingly more
Healthcare hires while the rest of the country fires
It's a good time to be an employee in the healthcare industry. While other industries' jobless rates spiked to levels not seen since 1993, healthcare continued to expand employment in December 2008.
Hospital, MD hiring continues
Hospitals and medical groups continued to add to their employee rolls last month, unlike many companies in other sectors of the troubled U.S. economy. Hospital employment grew 0.1 percent in
AHA asks CMS to reconsider 2009 quality measures, payment rates
The American Hospital Association isn't too happy about the quality-reporting requirements in the new proposed outpatient prospective system rule for 2009, and it would like to see CMS make some
