Richard Pizzi
In spite of fewer openings for new nurses at hospitals, there is still a nursing shortage in California, according to the California Institute for Nursing and Health Care.
The New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System has entered into a long-term agreement for revenue cycle services with Atlanta-based MedAssets.
Hospitals that provide more intensive and costly care do not provide better-quality care, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
The average annual medical bill for a typical American family of four increased 7.4 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to the annual Milliman Medical Index.
It is time for states to suspend, rather than terminate, the Medicaid benefits of inmates while they are incarcerated, according to correctional healthcare experts.
The New Jersey Department of Human Services has awarded a contract for non-emergency transportation services to eligible New Jersey FamilyCare and Medicaid clients.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has extended its implementation schedule for new Medicare Secondary Payer reporting requirements under the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007.
The American Hospital Association and the Premier healthcare alliance have submitted separate comments to the Senate Finance Committee on its proposed options for reforming the healthcare delivery system.
As the current recession deepened, high performing philanthropic fundraisers in charge of major gifts and planned giving programs were the most effective and efficient rainmakers for health systems.
The impact of the recession on U.S. hospitals may present problems for the $47 billion in vitro diagnostic industry, says a new report from a healthcare market research publisher.