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Arizona State University (ASU) College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation has received a $700,000 grant to launch a mobile health initiative that will bring essential primary care services to unders...
WASHINGTON – 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...
DEARBORN, MI – The stakes for control of labor organizing in healthcare organizations grew last month after a confrontation between members of two union groups in Dearborn, Mich.The Cal...
THE HOMECARE MARKET has seen an increase in consolidation over the past few years, and it’s not expected to slow down, according to experts. “There has been a lot of activity with...
WHAT DO TOYOTA, hospitals and the Department of Health and Human Services have in common? Evidently a lot, for those looking at quality improvement and cost containment. HHS Secretary Mike Le...
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Very few ambulatory surgery centers are implementing electronic health records, even as they acknowledge that paper charts are increasingly becoming antiquated and may be costi...
PROCEDURAL AREAS are the heart of hospital operations. Surgical cases are a major contributor to hospitals’ net patient revenue. The total number of surgeries – inpatient and outpatient &#...
MARIETTA, GA – A recent test of standards to determine banks’ compliance with privacy and security safeguards has been effective, and the organization developing those standards now seeks...
LEBANON, NH – According to a report by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Medicare pays many hospitals and their physicians more than the most efficient and effecti...
The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs is launching a next-generation database and communication product that it says will streamline claims processing and enable faster reimbursement....