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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | October 16, 2008
MedAssets, Inc., has announced the release of its Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) solution to support healthcare providers' strategies to address RAC audits.  "Our business...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 16, 2008
Richard A. Norling will retire as president and chief executive officer of Premier Inc., the nationwide healthcare alliance, on June 30, 2009, the end of his current contract term.The Premier...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 15, 2008
The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri, is providing a $50,000 grant to the March of Dimes Foundation to fund its...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 15, 2008
Seattle Children's Hospital has been honored with the state of Washington's top environmental award for its sustainable practices and sharing ideas with healthcare facilities throughout the region....
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | October 15, 2008
Florida's Medicaid reform program aims to encourage consumer choice and market competition by giving health plans the authority to vary benefits and have enrollees choose among the different plans, bu...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | October 15, 2008
"Be serious about the date." That's the advice of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service Acting Administrator Kerry Weems, when asked Tuesday about how CMS could help drive the c...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | October 14, 2008
The National Community Pharmacists Association has released its annual report on the financial state of community pharmacies, with positive findings. The nation's community pharmacies are far...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | October 14, 2008
The American Health Information Management Association leadership wants to be clear: Even though it will cost millions of dollars and the process is likely to be disruptive, U.S. healthcare must embra...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | October 14, 2008
Ingenix, a healthcare IT and consulting company, has released its fifth annual report on the "Top 200 Coding Hospitals in the U.S." The report ranks hospitals according to the completeness a...
By Jeff Marion | 12:00 am | October 14, 2008
The New York Blood Center is concerned about falling blood reserves as economic woes hit their most dedicated supporters - businesses.The NYBC relies on businesses, and their corporate blood...