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Better Health, LLC, a provider service network, has announced a new healthcare plan called Miami Children's Better Health, in collaboration with Miami Children's Hospital.
A New Orleans-area doctor and the owner and operator of a medical equipment company have been sentenced to prison on charges of healthcare fraud involving durable medical equipment, according to the departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.
Oklahoma and Kentucky have become the first states under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program to make incentive payments to providers for the adoption of certified electronic health records.
Consumers in retail settings have long grown accustomed to knowing exactly how much an item or service will cost. The merchant sets a price, and the customer decides whether he or she is willing to pay that price. Historically, however, healthcare settings have not presented patients with the same kind of experience.
Seven hospitals in Florida, Mississippi, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama have agreed to pay more than $6.3 million to settle allegations that submitted false claims to Medicare, according to the Department of Justice.
IBM and Premier healthcare alliance plan to integrate health information from across hospitals and other healthcare sites, creating a model that Premier and IBM executives say will benefit more than 2,400 hospitals and thousands of other healthcare sites.
Orlando's Florida Hospital, billed as the largest and busiest hospital in the United States, has entered into an agreement with ERIS Medical Technologies to implement that company's automated .net charge capture software.
Seven of the many applicants to the Rural Health Program Awards, funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND), together will receive $375,000 in funding for 2011.
The MED Group has launched a new website aimed at answering Medicare beneficiaries' questions and offering sources for durable medical equipment under the new competitive bidding rules that took effect on January 1.
Vitality, Inc. and AT&T announced Tuesday that wirelessly connected Vitality "smart" GlowCaps are now available on Amazon.com.