Eric Wicklund
VHA, Inc., is looking to help hospitals cut millions of dollars in wasted expenses from their high-cost cardiology, orthopedics and spine service line procedures through a new "Door-to-Discharge" program.
The McKesson Corporation has secured deals with three of the four federally-approved Recovery Audit Contractors and will be providing medical necessity analytics tools for Medicare's auditing efforts in 43 states.
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems of Horsham, Pa., has announced a partnership with Philadelphia-based InstaMed to offer healthcare providers payment assurance through InstaMed's healthcare payments platform.
Picis has launched a new revenue cycle management tool designed to help hospitals deal with two areas of growth: Cancer care and outpatient treatment.
Looking to reduce supply chain costs, four of Washington state's largest healthcare providers are joining forces to open a distribution center.
The Cardinal Health Foundation of Dublin, Ohio, has announced a call for entries for its E3 Grant Program, offering more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community Health clinics improve the efficiency and quality of care.
McKesson has bolstered its cancer care platform with the purchase of US Oncology, a Woodlands, Texas-based developer of clinical tools, guidelines and care pathways for doctors and others in the field of cancer-related healthcare.
The Johns Hopkins Health System is acquiring Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., a move designed to boost the Baltimore-based health system's exposure in the nation's capital and give Sibley some much-needed resources and financial stability.
A developer of mobile healthcare IT solutions for people with chronic diseases is launching a home monitoring tool for diabetics in an effort to rein in skyrocketing healthcare costs and help beleaguered family practitioners.
Death may be the final act, but the unpaid hospital bill is the denouement.