PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/176519.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Health Savings Accounts May Pressure Health Care Organizations to Reduce Administrative Costs, Improve Efficiencies, Finds PNC Survey http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb383204.htm As Americans with high deductible health plans and Health Savings Accounts pay more out of their own pockets for medical expenses, health care organizations and employers can expect greater demand for information about cost drivers and pressure to improve administrative efficiencies, according to Paula Fryland, manager of the national health care group for The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE: PNC) in remarks delivered at the 2006 Consumer Directed Health Care Conference, May 8-9, 2006. (PRWeb May 9, 2006)

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]]> Tue, 09 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb383204.htm Survey Finds Electronic Medical Claims and Billing Can Save Health Care Costs, Reduce Billing Errors http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb367087.htm A study released by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., found that the health care industry's reliance on paper to file and pay medical claims contributes to the high cost of health care, and industry-wide adoption of electronic claims remittance processing could improve efficiency, cut costs and reduce medical billing errors. (PRWeb Apr 3, 2006)

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]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb367087.htm Charity Care at U.S. Hospitals on the Rise as Americans With No Health Insurance Grows http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb354736.htm PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute reports that the community benefit hospitals provide may be underestimated because of the challenges hospitals face in determining who is eligible for charity care. (PRWeb Mar 6, 2006)

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