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Bernie Monegain

Bernie is the Editor of Healthcare IT News. Follow Bernie on Twitter @Bernie_HITN.

By Bernie Monegain | 11:56 am | August 31, 2009
New analysis shows that safety net hospitals have improved patient care through a nationwide value-based purchasing demonstration project.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:52 am | August 26, 2009
The Premier healthcare alliance has enhanced its ClinicalAdvisor quality benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution to include capabilities focused on Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:04 am | August 17, 2009
A new IBM study reveals that cost is the main reason one in four Americans doesn't schedule regular wellness visits with a doctor.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:55 am | August 12, 2009
The 2009 Medical Group Management Association survey reveals the three top challenges of running a group practice remain the same as in 2008, with money worries at the top.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:46 am | August 07, 2009
New analysis shows that safety net hospitals have improved patient care through a nationwide value-based purchasing demonstration project.
By Bernie Monegain | 01:21 pm | July 21, 2009
If the nation’s top health insurers would fix their ailing claims processes, physicians could focus more on patients and the system could save as much as $200 billion a year, American Medical Association officials say.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:54 am | July 21, 2009
The nation could save billions of dollars each year in the healthcare system by addressing certain areas of administrative complexity, according to a new report from the Healthcare Administrative Simplification Coalition.
By Bernie Monegain | 01:49 pm | July 02, 2009
Twenty-three hospitals have been recognized as the top in the country for quality care and operational efficiency by the Premier healthcare alliance.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:11 am | June 18, 2009
Twenty-three hospitals have been recognized as the top in the country for quality care and operational efficiency by the Premier healthcare alliance. The alliance is composed of more than 2,100 U.S. hospitals and more than 58,999 other healthcare sites that have joined together to boost care, while cutting costs.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:46 am | June 16, 2009
A new nationwide initiative is promoting e-ordering as a means to cut the billions of dollars in waste a year resulting from unnecessary or duplicative diagnostic image tests.