Pittsburgh-based Highmark launched a new Web tool that allows patients to compare the costs different medical facilities charge for 17 elective surgical procedures, according to a report in Insurance & Financial Advisor.
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A new Web site, www.pa-hospital-search.com, will allow consumers to make more informed decisions when choosing a hospital, according to a news release by Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., the law firm that compiled the data.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota introduced Care Comparison, a new online tool that customers can use to estimate the total treatment cost of dozens of common elective procedures, according to a BCBS news release.
CIGNA Corp. plans to launch new technology called the CIGNA Cost of Care Estimator in Spring 2009, according to a CIGNA news release.
In a new report on the healthcare economy released by the McKinsey & Company’s McKinsey Global Institute, the international consulting firm found that outpatient care was the fastest growing segment of healthcare spending, rising to $850 billion in 2006, about…
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