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By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | June 26, 2008
As politicians work to reform the U.S. healthcare system, healthcare itself should be viewed as a "national resource," not simply as a business or a commodity, said a keynote speaker Wednesd...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | June 26, 2008
A new report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) Health Research Institute finds that two-thirds of health leaders, including government and private payers from 20 different countries, see prob...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | June 25, 2008
Tenet Healthcare Corp. has agreed to sell its majority stake in Broadlane, a technology-oriented healthcare services company, to TowerBrook Capital Partners in a $155 million cash deal.The de...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | June 25, 2008
The United Health Foundation has awarded a $300,000 grant to Howard University's College of Dentistry to establish a program that will expand access to quality dental care for low-income children and...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | June 25, 2008
Catholic Health East will automate its revenue cycle management system in an effort to improve financial performance throughout its 16 acute care facilities. Catholic Health East will use Orl...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | June 25, 2008
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 Tuesday at ANI 2008, the annual conferen...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | June 24, 2008
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. The coalition announc...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | June 24, 2008
ATLANTA – Medical malpractice suits and wrong-site surgeries could be avoided with the use of better informed consent and general consent forms. But many hospitals and physician offices still us...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | June 24, 2008
The Healthcare Financial Management Association, which is in the midst of its annual conference here, has released the first in a series of reports aimed at building a new payment system for healthcar...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | June 24, 2008
More than 27,000 healthcare providers who received Medicare payments in 2006 together owe the government more than $2 billion in back taxes, according to a new report from the Government Accountabilit...