Rene Letourneau
Revenue cycle management and software services provider PracticeMax announced Monday it has acquired American Billing Services (ABS) of Portland, Ore., expanding its operations and geographical footprint in the northwestern United States.
Ignoring months of protests, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday the next steps for an expansion of a competitive bidding program designed to help lower costs for quality durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday $40 million in grants for efforts to identify and enroll children eligible for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
The world market for preventative vaccines totaled $25.3 billion in 2010, up from $22.1 billion in 2009, according to a report published by Kalorama Information.
Gray market vendors are adding exorbitant price mark-ups to desperately needed drugs in the wake of record-high drug shortages in the United States, according to a Premier healthcare alliance analysis of unsolicited sales offers.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $49 million in grants to improve the quality of healthcare and strengthen the public health infrastructure - double the spending for the same programs in 2010.
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a new union election for 43,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California after discounting the results of a previous election mired in accusations of misconduct.
Patient satisfaction with hospital emergency departments is strongest in Miami, Hartford, Conn., and Indianapolis found healthcare consulting firm Press Ganey Associates in its annual ED patient satisfaction survey.
Healthcare reform means moving from a provider-centric to a patient-centric model of care, said Jamie Orlikoff, president of the Chicago-based consulting firm Orlikoff & Associates, to an audience at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) conference in Boston on Tuesday.
Nearly all health and healthcare policy leaders say they believe traditional safety-net providers – such as public hospitals, community health centers and faith-based organizations – will play a crucial role in the healthcare system of the United States after the Affordable Care Act goes into effect, found a recent survey conducted by The Commonwealth Fund and Modern Healthcare.