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MINNEAPOLIS - Ninety-two percent of hospital healthcare information management directors are familiar with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Recovery Audit Contractor program, and...
WASHINGTON – As early as last January, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), then a Democrat primary contender for the presidency, called for universal healthcare in the United States by no later than 201...
WASHINGTON – According to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, the fundamental healthcare question facing America these days is how to slow rapidly rising costs. The Ariz...
RENO, NV - Unions representing registered nurses have reached tentative contract agreements with Reno’s two largest hospitals that offer pay raises to nurses and mandate minimum nurse-to-patient...
RALEIGH, NC – WakeMed Health & Hospitals, an 870-bed system with 7,500 employees in healthcare facilities in and around Raleigh, N.C., aims to improve its recruitment and hiring processes wi...
Faster payments and ease of claims processing are just two goals for physician practices around the country, and many have found that a clearinghouse service is one way to achieve this.Regula...
The Connecticut Department of Public Health has imposed an $8,000 fine on Yale-New Haven Hospital for infractions state inspectors found during unannounced visits.The state's Department of Pu...
JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded First Coast Service Options a new Medicare contract that involves administration of the fee-for-service Medicare program i...
CHAMPAIGN, IL - Officials at Provena Covenant Medical Center are seeking the Illinois Supreme Court's review of a state appellate court ruling which reversed an earlier order to restore the religious...
SACRAMENTO, CA – A record delay in passing a budget in California last month has begun to affect providers’ ability to provide services, with some saying they would not continue to operate...