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A western Pennsylvania hospital has agreed to pay $1.9 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the hospital submitted reimbursement claims to Medicare that gre...
NOW THAT HEALTHCARE is beset with the same troubles as the rest of the economy, it’s official: No place is insulated from the Wall Street collapse.“Even though hospitals’ fi...
For the fifth consecutive year, Bridges to Excellence, which measures and rewards physicians for delivering high-quality care, will pay bonuses to doctors in Massachusetts. Rewards paid to da...
BOSTON – An estimated 49 percent of physicians plan to stop practicing or reduce their number of patients over the next three years, according to a survey conducted by The Physicians’ Foun...
A new report from the Association of American Medical Colleges says the United States is likely to face a shortfall of 124,000 physicians by 2025.According to Michael Dill and Edward Salsberg...
CAMBRIDGE, MA – In today’s healthcare environment, providers are under increasing pressure to know who’s paying for a patient’s medical care – often before that care take...
SAN FRANCISCO – At a time when health plans are starting their own banks and banks are considering setting up their own healthcare payment services, Canopy Financial is offering itself to the ma...
The uncertainty hanging over Wall Street these days hasn't stopped investors from forming a new commercial finance firm focused on healthcare.MidCap Financial, based in Bethesda, Md., announc...
MADISON WI – The Wisconsin Council for Medical Education and Workforce has launched a campaign to retain Wisconsin-trained physicians and bring back those with family or educational ties to the...
Real-time adjudication – a long-sought goal of physician practices – allows for the analysis of payments and rejections on the spot before a patient even leaves the office. In an...