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"Claims scrubbing" might sound like something that requires a bucket ofsoapy water and a good sponge, but for medical billing services andphysician organizations it's a valuable technology d...
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota says it is eliminating co-pays for members who use retail clinics. The health plan estimates that employers and members saved more than $1.25 million in he...
PEORIA, IL – Since 2002, Caterpillar has kept its medical inflation rate to below 2 percent while recently reporting positive employee health outcomes.The global manufacturer’s su...
The City of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services agency has signed a $4 million contract with Affiliated Computer Services for an electronic patient records capture system. Under terms of t...
The South Carolina Hospital Association has partnered with Nashville, Tenn.-based nTelagent, Inc. in an effort to reduce bad debt and increase front-end collections for member hospitals. The...
Kaiser Permanente has approved more than 415 community benefit grants and donations totaling approximately $22 million during the second quarter of 2008. Funding will support community programs to enc...
The Medical Banking Project and the Automotive Industry Action Group are renewing commitments to work together on a variety of projects intended to involve banks in the healthcare industry.Th...
A Houston-based provider of electronic medical records software designed specifically for mental and behavioral health providers is adding electronic claims processing to its platform.Eulogix...
Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, according to new estimates by the Department of Health and Human Services' Agen...
GE Healthcare Financial Services has signed a $75 million deal to provide a senior secured credit facility to The Schumacher Group, an emergency medicine management firm based in Lafayette, La....