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By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | July 01, 2008
WASHINGTON – As of press time, Congress was unable to forge a bipartisan compromise that would provide relief from the anticipated 10.6 percent Medicare payment cut for physicians.  ...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | July 01, 2008
A REPORT ISSUED in mid-June by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission supports increasing the role of primary care and the use of incentives and punishments to increase the efficiency and quality of...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | July 01, 2008
ARLINGTON, VA – The American Association for Homecare has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ “faulty implementation” of the...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | July 01, 2008
CHICAGO – Medical tourism and medical student debt burden were two of the hot topics at a five-day, mid-June meeting of the American Medical Association at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago....
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | July 01, 2008
WASHINGTON – As expected, the number of rejected claims spiked following the May 23rd deadline requiring all providers to use their National Provider Identifier number on electronic transactions...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | July 01, 2008
ALEXANDRIA, VA – 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 pres...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | June 30, 2008
In an effort to continue support for military personnel, families and retirees, the TriWest Healthcare Alliance has submitted its bid to continue the Department of Defense's healthcare program, TRICAR...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | June 30, 2008
Kronos, Inc. has announced that Norton Healthcare of Louisville, Ky. is using the company’s labor productivity and workforce analytics tool to publicly report nurse staffing ratios to illustrate...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | June 30, 2008
Chris Jackson, press secretary for Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), said the temporary delay will allow Congress to work on a bipartisan bill with enough support to pass before the new deadline. Congress wi...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | June 27, 2008
Private health plans such as Humana Inc. Aetna and UnitedHealth Group Inc. participating in Medicare Advantage (MA), an alternative to the traditional fee-for-service program made billions more in pro...