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In what could be a developing trend, 233 mergers and acquisitions were announced in the healthcare industry during the second quarter of 2010, up 7 percent from the 218 deals announced during the prior quarter.
A new study estimates that measurable medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008.
Congress is considering taking action on an application of the meaningful use rule in healthcare reform efforts that hospitals say will cost them millions of dollars in incentives.
Electronic health records aren’t just for clinicians anymore. That's the thinking of the Healthcare Billing & Management Association, which will highlight the importance of EHRs to third-party medical billers and billing professionals during its 2010 Annual Conference, scheduled for Sept. 12-14 in St. Louis.
Federal officials are combining forces, launching unprecedented sting operations and announcing they will be tougher than ever on Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
Forty health systems have joined the Premier healthcare alliance's Accountable Care Organization Readiness Collaborative, which is intended to help health systems prepare to become ACOs.
Despite a bitter partisan battle over federal spending, Congress has passed a six-month $16.1 billion extension to federal matching funds for Medicaid.
The cost of U.S. healthcare spending has become one of the most hotly debated issues of our time. Each side is constantly looking for proof that their solution to the healthcare crisis will keep costs down, yet neither side has a tried and true method.
There will be no shortage of hot-button discussion topics when the 82nd annual convention and exhibition of the American Health Information Management Association convenes Sept. 25-30 in Orlando, Fla.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2011 that would decrease average inpatient payments by 0.4 percent.