Fred Bazzoli
Growing interest in providing simple healthcare in inexpensive settings has spawned rising interest in convenient care clinics. Now there’s a trade group to represent the concept. The Con...
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) is continuing to increase the pressure on healthcare organizations to improve documentation of the community benefits they deliver in exchange for receiving tax-exempt s...
Any group practice is likely to deal with several payers, each with a complicated contract that has a variety of stipulations and provisions. Keeping track of it all – or, rather,...
Providers and payers say they’re ready to reap potential administrative savings from automated electronic processing for both data exchange and fund transfers.However, despite the wides...
The payment approach used by Medicare to reimburse freestanding ambulatory surgical centers should be changed to match how the program pays for procedures in surgery centers attached to hospitals....
Three healthcare organizations have developed a Web-based tool to help physicians assess patient safety procedures, with an eye toward reducing practices’ liability exposure....
HCA Inc. entered a new phase last month, becoming a privately held company on November 16 after shareholders approved one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history.As part of the buyout, sh...
The current approach to funding health insurance may be undergoing significant changes, as consumers seek different coverage options and employers struggle with their ability to provide insurance cost...
Three healthcare organizations have developed a Web-based tool to help physicians assess patient safety procedures, with an eye toward reducing practices’ liability exposure....
Professional medical organizations were quick to react to a rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that established a 5 percent reduction in physician payments for 2007....