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By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...
By John Andrews | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 25, 2008
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...