Fred Bazzoli
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...