Patty Enrado

WASHINGTON – Families USA’s report, “Dying for Coverage,” highlighted how inadequate healthcare condemns people to an early death and a lack of healthcare is a matter of life a...

ATLANTA – Georgia’s lawmakers have passed House Bill 977, which Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to sign into law any day now. The bill, the first of its kind in the nation, exempts...

COLUMBIA, SC – Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina has become the first major U.S. health insurer to offer its members access to Joint Commission International-accredited medical facilities...

AUSTIN, TX – House Bill 2015 sailed through the Texas House (144-0) and Senate (31-0) and was signed into law last year by Governor Rick Perry.Now the law – which as of Jan. 1 req...

Technology, well-thought-out policies and senior management buy-in will serve providers well when it comes to collecting from patients at the point of service (POS), according to B...

HILLSBORO, OR – When Hillsboro Advanced Surgical Care implemented secure messaging in late January, the single-physician office eliminated faxing patient data to its medical billing service prov...

ALBANY, NY – In mid-February, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced an industry-wide investigation involving health insurance companies and Ingenix, which Cuomo said has been providin...

WASHINGTON – California health plans paid $65 million in 2007 to California physician groups participating in their pay-for-performance programs, the Integrated Healthcare Association has report...

BOSTON – The announcement that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has decided against requiring physicians to implement electronic medical records to participate in its bonus program create...

With provider billing already incredibly complex, when you throw in consumer-directed healthcare and the cost shift to consumers, managing accounts receivable has become...