Eric Wicklund
Seniors with more than one chronic condition who are susceptible to frequent hospitalization will be enrolled in a patient-centered medical home pilot program in Florida with hopes that the year-long program will improve outcomes and reduce costs.
A former chief financial officer for three different hospital networks is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly stealing more than $200,000 from health systems in Connecticut and Ohio.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to re-open a financially troubled hospital is a bid to help a town in need of better healthcare services and an economic shot in the arm.
The merger of two Atlanta-based technology firms with extensive footprints in the payer industry is designed to provide health plans and insurers with access to more consumer health data.
Two large acquisitions and a retooled EMR/PM product geared toward community health centers have made for a busy month for Ingenix.
A new, cloud-based platform designed by IBM and ActiveHealth Management aims to take electronic medical records one step further by adding payers to the mix.
The latest company to take a stab at making sure people fill their prescriptions and stay on their medications is focused on one popular concept: Nobody wants to be a patient.
American CareSource Holdings, Inc., based in Dallas, has added three clients to its portfolio: Caprock HealthPlans, Inc., a Lubbock, Texas-based third party administrator, GreenTree Administrators, Inc., a Beaumont, Texas-based regional third party administrator, and Community Claims Administration, an Orange, Calif.-based third party administrator.
Electronic health records aren’t just for clinicians anymore. That's the thinking of the Healthcare Billing & Management Association, which will highlight the importance of EHRs to third-party medical billers and billing professionals during its 2010 Annual Conference, scheduled for Sept. 12-14 in St. Louis.
The TriZetto Group is looking to take advantage of continued BPO services growth fueled by health reform.