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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 23, 2008
Medtronic Spine LLC, the corporate successor to Kyphon Inc., will pay the United States $75 million to settle allegations that it caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, according to the Ju...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | May 23, 2008
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt announced a new plan Wednesday to improve patient safety and quality of care by sharing Medicare patient data on drug and medical devi...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | May 23, 2008
According to the latest Wall Street Journal.com/Harris Interactive healthcare study, retail-based health clinics still rank high with users due in part to their convenience, quality of care and cost....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | May 22, 2008
The Premier healthcare alliance has launched an initiative to address energy costs by increasing the use of renewable energy and reducing the industry's carbon footprint. Premier's initiative...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 22, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched the first national print advertising campaign focused on the quality of care available in hospitals.The ads, placed by Centers for Med...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | May 22, 2008
As the government prepares to roll out a program in 10 markets for medical equipment suppliers to bid on Medicare contracts, witnesses at a Congressional hearing expressed concern about the next stage...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | May 22, 2008
The Tenet Healthcare Corporation will offer patients at its hospitals the option of paying their bills online. Dallas-based Tenet, which operates 53 hospitals in 12 states, has deployed Onlin...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | May 21, 2008
Jewish Home Lifecare, one of the oldest and largest nonprofit, long-term care and rehabilitation systems in New York State, has inked a deal to upgrade its revenue cycle management processes....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | May 21, 2008
Beginning this July, the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, or CCLM, will offer all incoming students full tuition scholarships.CCLCM was formed i...
By John Andrews | 12:00 am | May 21, 2008
THERE IS PERHAPS no more nebulous word in the English language than “quality.” Not only does it have multiple meanings and a subjective character, but it’s also inherently abstract a...