Bernie Monegain
In a move that heralds sweeping change in how medical bills are coded, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced a proposed regulation to change the ICD-9 code sets with ICD-10 code se...
URAC has approved revisions to nine of its healthcare management accreditation programs. The standards require the use of national quality measures and stress greater efficiency in the healthcare syst...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is launching a two-state pilot program to provide online personal health records. The initiative is aimed at providing patients with better ca...
With a state budget crisis threatening the ability of community health centers to deliver services, the California HealthCare Foundation is chipping in $10 million to a low-interest loan pool designed...
Americans are so dissatisfied with their healthcare system that 82 percent think it should be rebuilt, according to a new survey by The Commonwealth Fund. Payment reform is among the strategies...
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries (KFHP/H) reported total operating revenue of $10.1 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, compared to $9.4...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services set new nursing home payment rates for 2009 and issued a final rule to on payment for services for people who need the intensive rehabilitation service...
The Premier healthcare alliance, which lists 2,000 hospitals across the country as members, says quality reporting that requires proprietary information, tools or methodology is too expensive and s...
Microsoft executive Bill Crounse, MD urged an audience of healthcare executives here Tuesday at the Third Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on The Road to Interoperability to develop a new busin...
Regional health information organizations and health information exchanges may not be the answer to a nationwide network, according to David Westfall Bates, MD, an internist at Brigham & Women's H...