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By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | October 10, 2008
Medicare beneficiaries, their caregivers and family members can review 2009 Medicare prescription drug and health plan information online in anticipation of open enrollment Nov. 15 through Dec. 31, 20...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | October 10, 2008
President Bush today signed the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2008 into law.  According to the bill's sponsor, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and P...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | October 10, 2008
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded 18 cooperative agreements worth approximately $146 million over six years to provide comprehensive community mental h...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | October 09, 2008
According to a new survey, 89 percent of hospital executives are reporting poor patient flow at their facilities, and are concerned about how to improve productivity to meet patient demand in the futu...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | October 09, 2008
Yakima Valley Radiology in Washington has licensed Zotec Partners' Electronic Billing Center (EBC) practice management/billing software suite in order to streamline its billing process, enhance workfl...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | October 08, 2008
Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) have released a discussion draft of legislation that would provide for greater dis...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | October 08, 2008
Despite efforts to draw more people into nursing programs, the ongoing nursing shortage is only going to get worse, according to an industry expert.With demand for healthcare services continu...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | October 08, 2008
HealthPartners, billed as the largest consumer-governed nonprofit healthcare organization in the nation, has launched a new Web tool that provides prices for 83 procedures at its network primary care...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | October 08, 2008
The Medicare Fraud Strike Force has indicted eight Miami-Dade County residents on 16 counts of Medicare fraud involving fake HIV infusion treatments, according to Acting Assistant Attorney General of...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | October 07, 2008
The Massachusetts Hospital Association has released a  first-of-its-kind scorecard on health plans' administrative practices serving hospitals in the state. Among the headaches reported, coding r...