Chelsey Ledue

With the current physician shortage and the ongoing economic recession, the recruitment department in a healthcare organization has become very important.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid did not rescind the controversial competitive bidding rule before it was scheduled to go into effect on April 18, despite urging from Congress.

HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that while retail quick-care clinics are growing in popularity across the country, they haven't taken off in the Dayton, Ohio, market at the same rate.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule to update payment rates and clarify the framework for Medicare patient selection and care in inpatient rehabilitation facilities during fiscal year 2010.

Between 2003 and 2008, Medicaid physician fees rose 15.1 percent, closing a portion of the gap with Medicare physician payment rates, according to a study by researchers from the Urban Institute.

CIGNA's Cost of Care Estimator and extended weekend and holiday call service hours are now available to almost all 550,000 CIGNA-contracted physicians, hospitals and free-standing clinics.

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a nationwide public health emergency declaration in response to an outbreak of swine flu.

Grady Health System will use a $20 million grant from the Marcus Foundation to improve emergency care to trauma and acute neurological injury victims throughout Georgia.

A new study from market research firm Washington G-2 Reports indicates the clinical diagnostic lab testing market will reach $98.4 billion in revenue by 2017.

The Premier healthcare alliance has released an enhanced version of its drug budgeting tool to help member hospitals build more accurate pharmacy budgets based on their individual purchasing patterns, inflationary indices and expected generics competition in specific therapeutic categories.