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Is it too early to start thinking about the 2012 elections and potential candidates' takes on healthcare? I don't think so.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid recently awarded 15 states contracts of up to $1 million each to design new ways to improve and coordinate care for the 9 million people in the country who are beneficiaries of both Medicare and Medicaid.
Congress has approved the repeal of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would have required small businesses, including physicians, to file an IRS 1099 form starting in 2012 for each vendor purchase of $600 or more.
A landmark New York hospital that closed more than a year ago is being saved from bankruptcy through an innovative development deal.
While the Steward Health Care System may have run into a wall in its efforts to acquire a troubled Miami hospital, two more acquisitions closer to home are heading to fruition, extending the for-profit chain’s reach in its home state of Massachusetts.
The Iowa Health System, a seven-hospital system based in Des Moines, Iowa, and Methodist Health Services of Peoria, Ill., have entered into a non-binding letter of intent to explore a strategic partnership.
The results of a recent study indicate that a one-hour reduction in the average emergency department boarding time could result in millions of additional dollars per year in revenue for hospitals.
Getting a good deal on things we need. These days, it’s not a “nice to have,” it’s a “must have” for managing our personal expenses.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued its proposed update for Medicare payment policies and rates for hospitals in fiscal year 2012, and as always, its not great news for providers.
If anyone is suggesting that ICD-10 will not create a productivity drop in the days after compliance, they must be practicing silent protest.