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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | July 09, 2008
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment has "created concern and chaos for beneficiaries, physicians, hospital discharge official...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | July 09, 2008
Selecting and implementing an electronic health record system is among the top concerns physician practice managers list in a new survey by the Medical Group Management Association. According...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | July 09, 2008
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey executives say the insurer will be the first in the nation to invest in electronic medical history technology for select network hospitals. The insurer wil...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 09, 2008
New York City's Victory Memorial hospital, a historic, not-for-profit voluntary hospital and Skilled Nursing Center, will remain open due to a $44.9 million sale of its main campus located in Brooklyn...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | July 08, 2008
Government health insurers overpay specialists compared to primary care doctors and "exacerbate the shortage of primary care physicians," according to a study by Harvard Medical School resea...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 08, 2008
In an effort to reduce costs and to better align resources Cardinal Health, a global healthcare provider, has announced a consolidation of its businesses into two primary operating and reporting segme...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | July 08, 2008
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at providing healthcare coverage to the more than 40 million uninsured Americans and laying the groundwork for universal cover...
By Jack Beaudoin | 12:00 am | July 08, 2008
A new national coalition of unions, community action groups, women's organizations and progressive think tanks kicked off a four-month blitz Tuesday with a single aim – to force the federal gove...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | July 07, 2008
Craneware, based in Orlando, Fla., has announced contracts with San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West and Newtown Square, Pa.-based Catholic Health East for the delivery of Craneware’s Ch...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 07, 2008
Concierge Choice Physicians, a New York-based private company offering a "hybrid" model of concierge medicine, has expanded into Delaware, Virginia and Texas. CCP's model is designe...