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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said America needs to find a better way to help the estimated 47 million people without affordable healthcare.Speaking at the Senate Finance Committee...
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has given Medicare beneficiaries and their healthcare providers greater flexibility in meeting emergency health needs in flood-stricken Iowa and Indian...
In a deal designed to give the company more operating capital, MEDecision, Inc. has reached a merger agreement with one of its largest clients.The deal, announced Wednesday, allows the Chicag...
A pay-for-performance project has resulted in a 15.8 percent boost in quality over three years at 250 hospitals across the country, the Premier healthcare alliance reported Tuesday. The Centers for Me...
A Canadian company is rolling out a cell phone-based approach for enabling secure encrypted access to medical, financial and other sensitive personal information.The approach, already in use...
Just when doctors thought things couldn't get much worse, experts say, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has thrown another wrench into the already difficult transition to using Nationa...
To reduce the burden of ensuring accurate insurance payments for physician services, the American Medical Association has unveiled its first National Health Insurer Report Card on claims processing....
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers says that although the rate of growth in medical costs has been declining over the past five years, in 2009 this downward trend is expected to level off....
Revenue cycle executives for healthcare organizations are focusing their attention on improving patient collections, according to a recent survey of finance executives.The survey, released Mo...
Three hospitals in the University of Maryland Medical System are now able to share financial and clinical data on patients, thanks to the implementation of CareMedic Systems, Inc.'s new electronic Fin...