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NASHVILLE, TN – Radical changes in healthcare will not put hospitals at the center of the healthcare delivery system – instead moving the focus of care further upstream.That’...
While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has pushed back the proposed 10.6 percent Medicare payment cuts to physicians until mid July, the agency has proposed new efforts to promote access...
A MERGER two years in the making between the Inova Health System and the Prince William Health System was halted last month, with both sides citing the threat of action by the Federal Trade Commission...
Bernanke: Reform needed to help the uninsuredFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said America needs to find a better way to help the estimated 47 million people who don’t have a...
Though Congress is in recess until July 8, the battle rages on over how to fund a potential physician payment fix needed to forestall a 10.6 payment cut for physicians participating in Medicare that w...
In a move expected to give a major boost to the interconnectivity needed to accelerate the adoption of electronic prescribing, the two networks formed to support electronic prescribing will merge into...
LAS VEGAS – Nurses are a key part of a hospital’s revenue cycle, yet their input usually isn’t sought during the development of organizational business plans, experts said at last mo...
The New $829 million Ronald Reagan Medical Center has opened its doors after relocating 275 hospital patients and 60 psychiatric patients to its new facility. The 1 million-square-foot buildi...
LAS VEGAS – A coalition to help hospitals deal with the information and data demands of the revised 990 tax form and a schedule specifically related to hospitals has launched a new Web site....
SAN FRANCISCO – More than 1,000 protesters converged outside the Moscone Convention Center on June 19 during the America’s Health Insurance Plans’ annual conference.Demonst...