Bernie Monegain
VHA Inc., a nationwide alliance of hospitals, has entered into an agreement with Dallas-based research firm MD Buyline to provide VHA's 1,400 member hospitals access to expert analysts and reports on...
State Medicaid programs are poised to spend as much as $380 billion on information technology in the coming year, according to a new report from business consulting firm INPUT.Contracts are e...
The Medical Group Management Association, which represents 21,500 members, says the government's proposed Oct 1, 2011 deadline for the healthcare industry to convert from ICD-9 code sets to ICD-10 is...
Electronic health records and staffing shortages are on the minds of hospital executives, physicians and nurses, according to a recent poll conducted by healthcare technology company Picis.Pi...
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...