Skip to main content

News

By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | November 28, 2006
Three healthcare organizations have developed a Web-based tool to help physicians assess patient safety procedures, with an eye toward reducing practices’ liability exposure....
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | November 28, 2006
Click4Care of Powell, Ohio, a provider of medical management software, has unveiled the newest version of its ThinkHealth Solution, ThinkHealth Version 3.0, which helps payers with me...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | November 21, 2006
3M’s healthcare IT division will purchase SoftMed Systems Inc., a healthcare software and services provider, in a deal that will...
By Chip Means | 12:00 am | November 21, 2006
Payment information for Medicare services commonly performed in physicians' offices and hospitals' outpatient departments will be made available to beneficiaries, providers and payers, the Centers for...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | November 20, 2006
A new study released in the November/December issue of Health Affairs suggests that the aging American population may strain employer-based health insurance....
By Jack Beaudoin | 12:00 am | November 17, 2006
Hospitals in Texas, Mississippi, Missouri and New York top the third annual Top 200 Coding Hospital Report presented by HSS, an Ingenix company. Officials unveiled the list at the American Health Info...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | November 17, 2006
HCA Inc. entered a new phase last month, becoming a privately held company on November 16 after shareholders approved one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history.As part of the buyout, sh...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | November 15, 2006
The current approach to funding health insurance may be undergoing significant changes, as consumers seek different coverage options and employers struggle with their ability to provide insurance cost...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | November 14, 2006
On Monday, America's Health Insurance Plans announced "a roadmap for reform" to expand health insurance coverage to include the more than 40 million uninsured Americans. AHIP's plan will build on exis...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | November 13, 2006
Professional medical organizations were quick to react to a rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that established a 5 percent reduction in physician payments for 2007....