Eric Wicklund
As much as 10 percent of America's annual $2 trillion healthcare bill is tied to fraud, waste or abuse. A new partnership by two leading healthcare IT vendors aims to tackle that problem.
Small, rural hospitals looking to tap into federal funds to improve security compliance have a new tool at their disposal.
The QuadraMed Corporation of Reston, Va., has announced the general availability of the Quantim ICD-10 Coding Simulator, designed to help coders prepare for the transition to ICD-10. Summit Health in Chambersburg, Pa., is the first to implement the simulator.
Three healthcare IT companies will submit bids at the April 13 auction for the assets of Spheris, Inc., the nation’s second largest medical transcription provider, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Feb. 3.
The Chicago-based healthcare IT firm announced two new clients this week, connecting healthcare providers in dozens of locations in Indiana and Florida with revenue cycle management tools and other solutions.
Illinois-based Centegra Health System has saved more than $1.6 million in labor costs by automating the time and attendance and employee scheduling processes.
This year's nationwide launch of Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program is forcing healthcare providers to go on the defensive.
MedQuist, a Mount Laurel, N.J.-based developer of clinical documentation solutions, has announced an agreement with healthcare informatics software developer Artificial Medical Intelligence, Inc., to provide computer-assisted coding within MedQuist’s CodeRunner coding workflow platform.
Advantedge Healthcare Solutions, a Warren, N.J.-based provider of physician billing and practice management services to hospital-based physician groups, other specialty physician practices and ambulatory surgery centers, has acquired AHP Billing Services, a Falmouth, Maine-based provider of outsourced billing and coding services.
With Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor program in full swing and the conversion from ICD-9 code sets to ICD-10 on the horizon, Hyland Software is adding some heft to its coding workflow offerings with the purchase of eWebHealth.