Fred Bazzoli

MINNEAPOLIS – UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest managed care organizations, took a bold step last month to boost its footprint in the western U.S. by acquiring Sierra Health...

COVINGTON, KY – When financial professionals think of emergency departments, they often don’t think of bill collection as a natural extension of operations. Emergency care often is as...

STAMFORD, CT – While a large majority of providers are using technology to verify patients’ eligibility, many are not aware of initiatives under way to reduce common administrative hassles...

NEW ORLEANS – The sharing of data is creating more uses for healthcare information, such as research that drives both lower costs and better care. But before data can be used for esot...

CORAL GABLES, FL – When hurricane season comes calling in a month or so, one Florida hospital system expects to have a cost-effective way of coordinating its telecommunications. Ba...

WASHINGTON – With the deadline for implementing national provider identifiers about a month away, calls are growing for the government to soften its stance on switching to the numbers on May 23....

MARIETTA, GA – An initiative of the Medical Banking Project aims to develop a common medical banking platform in the next year to support a growing range of healthcare financial transactions....

NEW ORLEANS – Mapping out prospective savings in specific service lines has helped Salem (Ore.) Hospital executives make the case for a significant deployment of information technology....

A new bidder apparently has won the war for Triad Hospitals Inc., announcing a bid that totals nearly $7 billion. Community Health Systems Inc., a Franklin, Tenn-bas...

While a large majority of providers are using some kind of technology to verify patients' eligibility, many are not aware of initiatives under way to reduce common administrative hassles in healthcare...