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According to a report in the Sept. 7 issue of the Los Angeles Times, California state insurance regulators are seeking fines against PacifiCare for problems including failure to pay doctors, loss of medical records, mismanaged claims and ignoring calls to correct those problems.
In an effort to help financial institutions understand how the HITECH Act and HIPAA directly affects their operations, four industry trade groups recently banded together to release a white paper "Compliance Guidelines for Financial Institutions in the Healthcare Sector: HITECH and the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules."
Joining an ever-growing number of health plans looking to help their members access health information wherever they may roam, Highland has announced the launch of its Highmark Health@Hand iPhone application.
The app provides members with a host of features, including the ability to find the closest Highmark participating providers including hospitals, urgent care facilities, retail clinics and pharmacies.
In a deal that adds a host of services to its online benefits shopping, management and enrollment platform, Benefitfocus announced mid-August its acquisition of Benefit Informatics Inc., a benefit information management company specializing in data analytics, forecasting, financial analysis and data warehousing.
Even in states with laws that require damage caps in malpractice suits, physicians are concerned about being sued, according to a new study.
Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc., has acquired the Joplin Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, a 26,000-square-foot facility in Joplin, Mo., the second property in a $42 million acquisition spree by the firm.
The Joint Commission will expand the process of accrediting ambulatory healthcare organizations next July to those also interested in becoming a primary care home.
Hospitals are making progress on collecting and reporting healthcare-associated infection (HAI) data to a national network, according to a new survey by the Premier healthcare alliance.
A little more than a year ago, the Australian health information technology company iSOFT hoped to transfer its booming international business to America. Now the company has seen its revenues decline 20 percent and its stock value drop 81 percent in the past year.
Three in ten Americans reported they would use their cell or smart phone to track and monitor their personal health, and 40 percent would be willing to pay for a remote monitoring device that sends health information directly to their doctor, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.