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By Kelsey Brimmer | 11:21 am | June 13, 2012
Amistad, a non-profit corporation that provides peer support to individuals with serious life challenges in Portland, Maine, has launched a new program to provide alternative solutions for those who frequently use the emergency department for psychiatric crisis.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:08 am | June 13, 2012
A California company known for creating an electronic health record platform for the iPad is adding payment processing and insurance eligibility tools.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:39 am | June 13, 2012
Regina Doxtader - CFO, Botsford Health Care, Farmington Hills, Michigan
By Carl Ascenzo | 10:35 am | June 13, 2012
Although the deadline has been extended, many still question whether it would have been better to have stopped the ICD-10 migration and wait for ICD-11.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:29 am | June 13, 2012
Enron, one of the most infamous companies of this millennium because of its corporate ethical scandals, serves a very useful purpose for all businesses. The lessons learned from its mistakes have helped identify new boundaries and standards for what should be expected of all companies. It also brought the value of ethics and integrity into proper focus.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:21 am | June 13, 2012
When I attended the Building Owners and Management Association (BOMA) International’s Medical Office Buildings & Healthcare Facilities conference in Atlanta in early May, one word I heard repeatedly was “decentralization.” One healthcare executive after another spoke to the audience of mostly healthcare real estate professionals about their evolving real estate strategies, which focused heavily on offering patient services in locations other than the main hospital campus and at times other than the traditional 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. office hours.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:16 am | June 13, 2012
The 2012 presidential election will be determined by a handful of voters in a handful of states, Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher of The Rothenberg Political Report told an audience of healthcare real estate professionals at the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International’s Medical Office Buildings & Healthcare Facilities Conference in Atlanta on May 3.
By Chris Anderson | 10:14 am | June 13, 2012
While the gubernatorial primary in the state of Washington won’t be held for nearly three months, most political observers say it is virtually assured who the candidates will be.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:06 am | June 13, 2012
Since the start of the year, a number of bills or amendments to bills targeting men’s reproductive health have been submitted to state legislatures by mostly female Democratic state legislators.
By Larry McClain | 09:57 am | June 13, 2012
It’s difficult for healthcare organizations to make informed decisions when the data they receive from state agencies is incomplete or slow to arrive.