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Molly Merrill

By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 29, 2008
Early results of a pay-for-quality pilot program reveal improvements in quality of care and reductions in emergency room and hospital admissions. The preliminary results were...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 29, 2008
Aetna and Cigna have agreed to reimburse dentist and physician members of the International Association of Dental and Medical Disciplines who provide online visits to their patients....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 28, 2008
Community Health Systems Inc. became the largest client in IT vendor athenahealth's history when CHS decided to replace its current practice management and billing systems with an on-demand solution f...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 27, 2008
A new study shows that growing Washington D.C. suburbs are providing construction growth and merger opportunities for health systems. HealthLeaders-InterStudy recently reported...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 27, 2008
Recent survey findings reveal that healthcare companies rely on acquisitions to play a contributing role in their business strategies. The study,titled M&A in Challenging Times,...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 26, 2008
After installing an electronic health record system, officials at CMH Regional Health System in Ohio still felt a gap in technology that was costing the hospital when it came to imaging documents - th...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 25, 2008
Eclipsys Corporation officials announced Monday morning at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's 2008 conference that they have acquired Enterprise Performance Systems, Inc., a v...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 22, 2008
By automating invoice processing, the Mayo Clinic hopes to rid itself of the costs and errors associated with manual processing. Mayo Clinic has chosen to use Brainware's intelligent...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 20, 2008
COLUMBUS, OH - New findings released by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College say the sharp rise in the National Retirement Risk Index can be blamed on the cost of healthcare....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 19, 2008
Healthcare officials and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts are taking steps to fight the rising costs of healthcare as they enter year two of the state's healthcare reform initiative....