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Chelsey Ledue

By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 29, 2008
WASHINGTON – The American Health Care Association is calling possible Medicaid cuts “unwise and unwarranted” and says they could have “an economic impact of up to $4.2 billion...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 29, 2008
LAS VEGAS – On Tuesday, June 24, HFMA’s ANI conference will host keynote speaker Steve Case, the former AOL kingpin who is now chairman and chief operating officer of Revolution Health Gro...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 28, 2008
NEW YORK - Commonwealth Fund researchers have created a plan that would insure 44 million of the estimated 48 million uninsured Americans in 2008 and save approximately $1.6 trillion over the next 10...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 27, 2008
Effective June 1, The American Academy of Family Physicians' $8 million practice redesign initiative, TransforMED, will become a limited liability corporation, wholly owned by the AAFP. Trans...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 23, 2008
Medtronic Spine LLC, the corporate successor to Kyphon Inc., will pay the United States $75 million to settle allegations that it caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, according to the Ju...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 22, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched the first national print advertising campaign focused on the quality of care available in hospitals.The ads, placed by Centers for Med...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 19, 2008
The American Medical Association, Nevada State Medical Association and Clark County Medical Society have filed joint comments opposing the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed final judgment in the a...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 14, 2008
Commonwealth Fund researchers have created a plan that would insure 44 million of the estimated 48 million uninsured Americans in 2008 and save approximately $1.6 trillion over the next 10 years....
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 13, 2008
With the implementation on July 18 of "An Act To Prohibit Hospitals from Charging for Treatment To Correct Medical Mistakes" (L.D. 2044/H.P. 1428) Maine will join other states who have decid...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 12, 2008
DataPath, based in Little Rock, Ark., and Atlanta-based RelayHealth have formed a "strategic relationship" to establish a connectivity service designed to streamline the payment cycle and da...