Fred Bazzoli
One of the largest companies in the home healthcare space will be taken over by an investment firm for $1.6 billion.Publicly held Apria Healthcare Group Inc. on Thursday agreed to be acquired...
The Wisconsin Health Information Organization is taking steps to create a statewide repository of health claims data.The statewide organization, which includes providers, payers and purchaser...
Two senators on the powerful Senate Finance Committee introduced a bill Wednesday to delay implementation of the competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and s...
A Canadian company is rolling out a cell phone-based approach for enabling secure encrypted access to medical, financial and other sensitive personal information.The approach, already in use...
Revenue cycle executives for healthcare organizations are focusing their attention on improving patient collections, according to a recent survey of finance executives.The survey, released Mo...
A report issued Friday by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission came down strongly in the corner of increasing the role of primary care and the use of incentives and punishments to increase the eff...
In advance of a daylong summit on health reform next week, a Senate committee discussed problems surrounding the health insurance market and how it might be solved.The Senate Finance Committe...
A medical investment company has purchased a specialty hospital and two ambulatory surgery centers in Kansas.The Montecito Medical Investment Co. bought the facilities with Harrison Street Re...
A merger two years in the making between Inova Health System and Prince William Health System was halted on Friday, with both sides citing the threat of action by the Federal Trade Commission....
Chamberlin, Edmonds and Associates, a company that provides specialized eligibility determination services to hospitals, has been acquired The Atlanta-based company was acquired by three e...