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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:50 am | July 08, 2011
The key to a successful wellness program lies in the ability to reimburse people for engaging in healthy activities, like going to a fitness center. But health plans, insurers and employers have long struggles with how to properly reimburse a workout.
By Eric Wicklund | 09:45 am | July 08, 2011
Minnesota-based IT company's platform allows health plans, employers to schedule reimbursements for health club visits.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 05:30 pm | July 07, 2011
Satisfied and engaged employees are essential if healthcare human resources departments are to hit the goal of improving patient satisfaction and safety, said an industry panel during a webinar Thursday reflecting on a newly released survey of healthcare HR professionals.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:56 am | July 07, 2011
Hospitals employed more than 5.4 million people in 2009 and contributed more than 2.2 trillion dollars to economic activity says a new report released by the American Hospital Association.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:02 am | July 07, 2011
Physicians working under contract with the federal government practice less defensive medicine than their private sector peers, according to a new survey by Atlanta-based clinical staffing organization, Jackson Healthcare.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:58 pm | July 06, 2011
4medica, provider of a cloud and SaaS-based clinical integration platform, announced Wednesday it will be joining forces with Kodak to help hospitals and physicians efficiently digitize clinical data.
By Chris Anderson | 12:01 pm | July 06, 2011
In a deal that strengthens its presence in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states, Eagle Hospital Physicians announced today its acquisition of hospitalist company PrimeDoc Management Services.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:37 am | July 06, 2011
Over the last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued proposed changes that will update payment policies and rates for physicians, dialysis facilities and for services to Medicare beneficiaries in hospital outpatient departments and decrease Medicare payments to home health agencies.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:37 am | July 06, 2011
Spiraling healthcare expenditures paralleled by increasing healthcare costs and premium rates of medical care are creating a real and urgent need for reform in the medical technology sector worldwide, according to a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.