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By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | April 17, 2008
The use of information technology is the focus of a foundation formed by The Regence Group, which will fund $2.5 million in healthcare projects in its first year and $4 million per year thereafter....
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | April 16, 2008
The House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Health took a look Tuesday at the instability of healthcare coverage in America. The hearing, called by Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | April 16, 2008
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association says any plans for healthcare reform should include incentives to provide quality care. At a Capitol Hill briefing Tuesday, BCBSA officials told Whi...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | April 16, 2008
Board-certified radiologist Fred Steinberg, MD, along with his imaging centers and related entities in Palm Beach County, Fla., will pay $7 million to the government to settle charges of healthcare fr...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | April 16, 2008
Technology, well-thought-out policies and senior management buy-in will serve providers well when it comes to collecting from patients at the point of service (POS), according to B...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | April 16, 2008
Provider groups, reacting to uncertainty surrounding the use of national provider identifiers on claims forms, are asking the government to delay enforcing use of the numbers after May 23.Var...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | April 15, 2008
The pressure will rise for hospitals to provide high-quality care and reduce mistakes, as Medicare seeks to tie reimbursement to quality.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is an...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | April 15, 2008
A new Web resource that allows users to learn, share and adopt innovations in the delivery of healthcare services is expected to help hospitals save money in the education process of best practices -...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | April 14, 2008
Aria Systems, a provider of on-demand transaction and customer management solutions, is teaming up with Rackspace, a global provider of hosted IT services, to provide on-demand billing for the Service...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | April 14, 2008
Stakes for control of labor organizing in healthcare organizations grew exponentially Saturday after a confrontation between members of two union groups in Dearborn, Mich....