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By Chelsey Ledue | 10:24 am | January 15, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has granted three-year extensions for three successful participants in the Care Management for High Cost Beneficiaries Demonstration.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:12 am | January 15, 2009
Thousands of lives - and an estimated $400 billion in healthcare spending - could be saved by putting healthcare information technology to work and adopting best practices, said former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the founder of the Center for Health Transformation.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:02 am | January 15, 2009
Cardinal Health is joining forces with Ohio's business leaders and healthcare providers in an effort to improve patient safety in the state's hospitals.
By Diana Manos | 10:02 am | January 15, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released the long-awaited ICD-10 code set and set a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2013.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | January 13, 2009
The current economic downturn has affected women's ability to plan and prepare for expensive long-term care costs such as nursing home stays, according to a survey released by America's Health Insuran...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | January 13, 2009
The Rite Aid Corporation and nine subsidiaries in eight states have agreed to pay $5 million in civil penalties to settle allegations of violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act.Ac...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | January 13, 2009
United HealthGroup has agreed to a $50 million settlement following an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into charges that the insurer overcharged its members millions of dollars...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | January 13, 2009
The top issue plaguing the healthcare industry is the economic downturn, according to a report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers in December.The traditionally recession-proof healthcare indust...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | January 13, 2009
Benefitfocus, based in Charleston, S.C., has announced that CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the Mid-Atlantic’s largest healthcare insurer, has selected the company to provide a comprehens...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | January 13, 2009
Integration capability weighs heavily on hospital executives replacing legacy lab systems and revenue management technology, according to two new reports from research firm KLAS.Seventeen per...