Healthcare Finance Staff

Lori Donaldson, CFO, UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, Calif.

Charlie Myers, Director, Patient Financial Services
Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, Md.

Paula Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Valley Community Clinic (North Hollywood, Calif.), 11 FTEs, 4 locales

A new report indicates that a combination of better-coordinated public- and private-sector care, stronger patient awareness of health risks and wellness and improved information systems to eliminate fraud and abuse could save $3.6 trillion over the next decade.

IBM announced plans Thursday to enlist some of its leading scientists and technologists to help medical practitioners and payers provide high-quality, evidence-based care to patients.

Two Detroit-area home healthcare providers have pled guilty in U.S. District Court for their roles in a home-health scheme to defraud Medicare according to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida launched its new mobile web site less than three weeks ago, but early tracking reveals "encouraging" usage for both members and nonmembers.

Cost-containment specialists Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions (AMPS) and TC3 Health Inc., of Irvine, Calif., have joined forces to broaden offerings for payer customers in the hospital billing arena.