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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:08 am | March 09, 2012
Even against the backdrop of HHS saying it intends to push back ICD-10 compliance, there's no shortage of healthcare entities insisting they will march forward with their conversion plans, aiming to be ready by October 1, 2013 -- federally-mandated deadline, or not.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:45 am | March 09, 2012
Healthcare and social assistance employment continued to rise in February reported the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, gaining 61,000 jobs.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:02 am | March 09, 2012
As the United States and Canada emerged from the Great Recession, charitable pledges to nonprofit healthcare organizations slowed in fiscal year 2010, jeopardizing the ability of healthcare systems in both countries to generate philanthropic funding necessary to meet their long-term, construction, equipment and patient needs.
By Chris Anderson | 12:02 pm | March 08, 2012
A new whitepaper from the Center for Progressive Reform says medical tort reform won't provide significant savings, since the costs of malpractice insurance and paying injured patients amounts to only 0.3 percent of total healthcare costs each year.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:01 pm | March 08, 2012
The search for the best cancer therapy for individual patients pushed the personalized medicine market above $28 billion last year.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:21 am | March 08, 2012
The saga of the National Labor Relations Board's "Notice Posting Rule" will continue despite a ruling late last week affirming that the NLRB can require most private businesses to put up posters informing workers that they have the right to form a union.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:30 am | March 08, 2012
When asked to choose a healthcare provider based only on cost, consumers choose the more expensive option, according to a new study funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that appears in the March issue of Health Affairs.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:30 am | March 08, 2012
When asked to choose a healthcare provider based only on cost, consumers choose the more expensive option, according to a new study funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that appears in the March issue of Health Affairs.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:04 am | March 08, 2012
Both the meaningful use and health IT standards and certification proposed rules officially appeared in the Federal Register March 7, which automatically launched the countdown for public comments for 60 days. The public may comment on the proposed rule online through May 6.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:02 am | March 08, 2012
At the HIT Policy Committee meeting on March 7, Farzad Mostashari, federal health IT czar, expressed strong disagreement over a new health IT survey published in the March issue of Health Affairs. The study has drawn a slough of national media attention.