Richard Pizzi

The Ohio Children's Hospital Association and its six member hospitals have released the results of a collaboration to improve quality in children's hospitals.

The Duke University Health System has selected a vendor to provide its hospitals with a new revenue cycle claims management solution.

Connolly Healthcare, a permanent Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has signed a five-year license agreement with Milliman Care Guidelines.

In an effort to reduce expenses during a bad economic climate, University of Iowa Health Care plans to trim the size of UI Hospitals and Clinics' 6,600-member work force by eliminating some filled positions.

U.S. Bank has launched a new physician-focused payment tool that enables doctors' offices to collect more patient self-pay balances - such as co-pays and deductibles - at the time and point of care.

Last week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued an interim final rule that cuts current fiscal year 2009 payment rates for the long-term care hospital prospective payment system.

The Premier healthcare alliance has acquired Phase 2 Consulting, a provider of consulting services to hospitals and health systems.

The Principles and Practices Board of the Healthcare Financial Management Association has created a sample charity care policy "to assist hospitals to manage their resources responsibly and to provide the appropriate level of assistance to the greatest number of persons in need."

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has appointed Cindy Mann to serve as director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations, part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The Oregon Department of Human Services' Division of Medical Assistance Programs has selected a vendor to manage its statewide Medicaid disease and medical care management programs.