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By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | May 20, 2008
Skaggs Community Health Center, a 165-bed, not-for-profit, community-owned hospital and health center, plans to implement software to help it enhance its human resources capabilities and improve integ...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | May 20, 2008
Despite growing concern from the durable medical equipment industry and Congress, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken the next step in its plan to implement a bidding process to...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | May 20, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has expanded its transparency initiative into Maine by providing its members with Anthem Care Comparison, an online tool that calculates total estimated costs associa...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | May 19, 2008
The American Medical Association, Nevada State Medical Association and Clark County Medical Society have filed joint comments opposing the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed final judgment in the a...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | May 19, 2008
The American Medical Association is countering efforts calling for the increased regulation of specialty hospitals owned by physicians.Earlier this month, the hospital industry brought a unif...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | May 19, 2008
Chesapeake System Solutions, Inc. of Owings Mills, Md. has released T-Recs (Total Reconciliation Solution) Enterprise, a financial governance solution designed to help healthcare providers the...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | May 19, 2008
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has inked a $179 million, seven-year contract with Unisys. The Blue Bell, Pa-based technology company will provide a new Medicaid Management Informati...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | May 19, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services want to test whether an approach of bundling payment for both hospital and physician services will work.CMS last week outlined a planned de...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | May 16, 2008
The credit crunch appears to be affecting hospitals' ability to raise capital and finance capital expenditures, especially for big-ticket items.A research report issued in April by Wachovia C...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | May 16, 2008
A report released Thursday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office says nursing homes and the federal agency overseeing them are falling well short of the mark.The GAO study said federal...