Fred Bazzoli
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....
Three healthcare organizations have developed a Web-based tool to help physicians assess patient safety procedures, with an eye toward reducing practices’ liability exposure....
Physician practices see the rise of pay-for-performance plans on the horizon - and they're beginning to worry about the implications. While many are intrigued about the prospects f...
In observing health reform strategies over the last 20 years, there's been some chipping away around the edges of system redesign, but precious little fresh thought. For those of us who...
More healthcare organizations are looking to document management solutions to improve their ability to handle all the paper that's still part of the care delivery process....
Checking employees' comings and goings with a time and attendance system wouldn't seem likely to win a staff popularity contest. However, the system - and other related capabilities - ha...
The Institute of Medicine came down firmly on the side of using a pay-for-performance methodology for Medicare, suggesting that the government act quickly and decisively to revamp the payment system....
The first attempt to craft a bill requiring transparency in healthcare billing is receiving mostly positive grades from industry watchers. The bill (HR 6053) proposed by Rep. Mi...
An industry coalition is keeping the pressure on efforts to address steep cuts in payments for imaging services in physician offices, as required under the Deficit Reduction Act. The Acc...
Following quality measures in treating patients saved lives and money in four of five disease types, according to results of a joint government-private sector pay-for-performance project....