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By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | August 11, 2008
A state noted for a difficult financial environment for hospitals is promising to give facilities some cushion, but the assistance will come with some tradeoffs.New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine la...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | August 08, 2008
Medicare is doing a poor job in screening suppliers of durable medical equipment, after failing a recent test to identify two fake suppliers set up as a test by a government agency.In a test...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | August 08, 2008
The Los Angeles city attorney and federal officials have filed charges against three hospitals, their executives and several others, charging that they recruited homeless individuals to receive unnece...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | August 05, 2008
The lack of health insurance is preventing more than 11 million Americans from receiving care for chronic illnesses, according to results of a study released yesterday.An article publis...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | August 04, 2008
Medicare plans to increase the pressure on hospitals to improve quality, and hopes that state Medicaid programs will jump on board as well.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
The Medical Banking Project and the Automotive Industry Action Group are renewing commitments to work together on a variety of projects intended to involve banks in the healthcare industry.Th...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | July 25, 2008
A federal judge has approved a $255 million settlement against Health Net Inc. and several regional subsidiaries to settle three class action suits charging that it improperly reimbursed members for c...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | July 25, 2008
A new bill seeks to support the use of patients' homes and community-based services as care sites, potentially providing several different financing incentives to the healthcare system.Sens....
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | July 22, 2008
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida hospitals will be facing more public scrutiny as the state becomes the first in the country to publish data on readmissions that could be potentially prevented....
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | July 22, 2008
MENLO PARK, CA – As hospitals move to invest money in radio frequency identification applications, they’re finding they need increased capital investments to enable the tracking technology...