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The Commonwealth Fund released its third annual national scorecard of 42 indicators of healthcare performance Tuesday, giving the U.S. a score of 64 out of a possible 100.
Consulting firm TransUnion announced Tuesday it has acquired Denver-based Financial Healthcare Systems, provider of the real-time payment estimation tool ClearQuote.
The U.S. healthcare system scored 64 of a possible 100 on key measures of performance, according to the third national scorecard report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System. The report released Oct. 18 also reveals a poor score - 53 of a possible 100 - on measures of efficiency, showing relatively low use of electronic information systems and high administrative costs.
Doctors can expect to see salary increases in 2012 but they’ll be smaller than those in 2011 says a physician compensation survey released this week by global consulting firm, the Hay Group. In 2011, physician salaries increased by 2.7 percent but expectations are that in 2012 they'll increase only by 2.5 percent.
Making good on the pledge to help fund the development of accountable care organizations (ACOs) as part of its company policy of limiting profits to 2 percent of revenue, Blue Shield of California has announced 18 providers that will share grants totaling nearly $20 million to help them participate more effectively in ACOs.
The deadline for HIPAA 5010 compliance is knocking at the door but there is confusion, even at this late date, about what "readiness" means, says the Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA).
Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Inc. (ECHN) is building an HIE, and the health system has tapped MobileMD to help get the job done, signing a five-year agreement.
Health Workforce Solutions announced today its third quarter 2011 results for its HWS Labor Market Pulse Index (LMPI), an indicator of local healthcare labor market demand in the 30 largest U.S. markets based on announced expansion and contraction plans and other data.
For the first three quarters of 2011, the healthcare merger and acquisition market has posted 707 deals with a combined worth of $185.9 billion. Experts predict total healthcare M&A activity for the year will surpass 2010 by 20 percent, according to a new report from Irving Levin Associates.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services made official on Friday what many had expected: it is dropping its efforts to implement the CLASS Act.