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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | July 31, 2008
"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...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
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...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
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...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
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...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
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...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
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...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
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...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | July 29, 2008
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...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 29, 2008
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...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 29, 2008
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....