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By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
BOSTON – The announcement that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has decided against requiring physicians to implement electronic medical records to participate in its bonus program create...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
Letter, ad campaign seek to reverse planned cuts Congressional budget committee leaders are under pressure to reject budget cuts in Medicare and Medicaid expenditures proposed by the B...
By Patty Enrado | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
WASHINGTON – California health plans paid $65 million in 2007 to California physician groups participating in their pay-for-performance programs, the Integrated Healthcare Association has report...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
MIDDLETOWN, CT – Middlesex Professional Services has reported a 700 percent return on investment in the first year by using DocSite solutions. MPS implemented DocSite’s Regi...
By E. Todd Truitt | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
NOW MORE THAN EVER, institutional investors are being urged to allocate funds to alternative investments. The conventional wisdom is that this kind of portfolio diversification will improve future ret...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
GOLDSBORO, NC – Tom Bradshaw’s son was being treated at Wayne Memorial Hospital and was hooked up to an IV pump. Bradshaw, familiar with the need to have medica...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
ENGLEWOOD, CO – Physician practices are responding to the uncertain reimbursement environment and the failure of Medicare physician payments to keep pace with the cost of delivering care, accord...
By Maryellen Moore | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED, electronic practice management systems can significantly boost medical practice profitability. By integrating functions such as electronic medical records, accounting, online pay...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
Amedisys, a home nursing company, has completed the acquisition of TLC Health Care Services, a provider of home nursing and hospice services. The $395 million deal, which closed We...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | March 28, 2008
A new study has found that consumers are slow to adopt consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), though supporters claim interest will grow. CDHPs are typically compri...