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Chelsey Ledue

By Chelsey Ledue | 09:49 am | January 22, 2009
The Baptist Healthcare System has contracted with McKesson for management of its physician revenue cycle in order to help its affiliated physician office network staff spend more time on patient care and address operational and revenue challenges.
By Chelsey Ledue | 09:43 am | January 21, 2009
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions has identified $530 billion in opportunities to reduce costs while improving the U.S. healthcare system over the next 10 years.
By Chelsey Ledue | 10:46 am | January 19, 2009
The number of cases of hypothermia and other cold-related diseases has risen with the season, and cases can be costly for hospitals because treatment in the emergency department is resource-intensive, according to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
By Chelsey Ledue | 08:46 am | January 16, 2009
Despite the economic downturn in 2008, physicians have seen an average salary increase of 4.4 percent for specialists and 4 percent for primary care, according to Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc. ' s 16th 2008 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey Report.
By Chelsey Ledue | 10:24 am | January 15, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has granted three-year extensions for three successful participants in the Care Management for High Cost Beneficiaries Demonstration.
By Chelsey Ledue | 10:24 am | January 15, 2009
Establishing a national single-payer-style healthcare reform system would provide a major stimulus for the U.S. economy, according to the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | January 13, 2009
The current economic downturn has affected women's ability to plan and prepare for expensive long-term care costs such as nursing home stays, according to a survey released by America's Health Insuran...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | January 12, 2009
The Medical Group Management Association has launched an industry wide effort calling on health insurers, vendors and health care providers to adopt standardized, machine-readable patient ID cards by...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | January 12, 2009
Long-term care facilities that purchase through CHIPS Purchasing, a recently established group purchasing organization for small- to mid-sized long-term care chains, now have access to the full portfo...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | January 09, 2009
The owner and operator of two Miami medical clinics has pled guilty to defrauding the Medicare program for $5.3 million.According to Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the...