Chelsey Ledue
The Tenet Healthcare Corp. has formed a wholly owned operating subsidiary, Conifer Health Solutions, Inc., which will offer a full range of revenue cycle management and patient communication services....
A group of more than 15,000 U.S. physicians has called on President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress to "do the right thing" and enact a single-payer national health insurance plan, a...
The Precision Dynamics Corporation announced Tuesday that it has acquired TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc., a provider of specialty healthcare labels, to develop its patient safety identification soluti...
Humana, Inc. has completed the purchase of PHP Companies, Inc. - operating under the name Cariten Healthcare - from Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health. Cariten is a health benefits compan...
Medicare's new regulations for providing home oxygen therapy to seniors are alarming and inadequate, according to the American Association for Homecare. The AAH expects that approximate...
Key elements of Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) must be improved so that physicians can participate and use the information to increase the quality of patient care, according...
As part of its national campaign to save billions of dollars by improving the accuracy and efficiency of medical claims processing, the American Medical Association has selected November for the first...
According to a study released by the WellPoint Institute of Health Care Knowledge, consumer-directed health plans encourage preventive care and yield cost savings for employers. The study, &q...
The American Association for Homecare has announced 13 recommendations designed to combat Medicare fraud attributed to the home medical equipment (HME) sector. "The homecare sector has z...
WATERBURY, CT – A recent survey indicates Connecticut physicians are leaving the state and retiring – which is limiting patient access to care.The Connecticut State Medical Societ...