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Healthcare providers who offer extended payment terms to help patients meet rapidly increasing financial liabilities are exposing their organizations to a series of complex consumer credit compliance obligations due to increased regulations by federal and state agencies.
President Obama's recent pronouncement in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers' decisions on whether to offer benefits to workers' domestic partners, but some advocates believe it could reinforce a decade-long trend toward coverage.
Four-time cancer survivor and Center for Advancing Health president Jessie Gruman speaks about what patients want from their provider's social media strategy.
More than half of the people who have health insurance coverage through an individual insurance plan are enrolled in plans that won't meet minimum coverage requirements for plans sold in 2014 as defined by the Affordable Care Act, according to research supported by The Commonwealth Fund.
Healthcare organizations have been very focused over the last two to four years on rolling out their electronic health record strategy, which has been driven largely by the meaningful use incentives. Today, however, Integrated delivery networks (IDNs) are starting to recognize that their EHRs alone will not solve every problem -- especially care coordination issues between IDNs.
More than half of the people who have health insurance coverage through an individual insurance plan are enrolled in plans that won't meet minimum coverage requirements for plans sold in 2014 as defined by the Affordable Care Act, according to research supported by The Commonwealth Fund.
The president and CEO of a Minnesota health system embroiled in a billing controversy is retiring in July. The board of directors of Fairview Health Services decided during a special meeting on May 23 not to renew Mark Eustis' five-year contract, which expires July 31, 2012.
The stakes are high for the upcoming ICD-10 conversion and the consequences for organizations that don't properly prepare may be severe.
Driven by an increased incidence of respiratory disease and an aging population, the respiratory device market reached $44.2 billion in 2011, according to a new report from healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information.
Last week, two U.S. Congressmen from Texas -- Rep. Michael Burgess (R) and Gene Green (D) -- introduced American Hospital Association (AHA)-supported legislation aimed at making healthcare more affordable by promoting healthcare price transparency.