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Downey Regional Medical Center, a financially troubled Los Angeles-area hospital, will soon be acquired by another non-profit facility in southern California.
Many small businesses and tax-exempt organizations that provide health insurance coverage to their employees now qualify for a special tax credit, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
Illinois-based Centegra Health System has saved more than $1.6 million in labor costs by automating the time and attendance and employee scheduling processes.
When examining a hospital’s overhead costs with the purpose of making budget cuts, there is no getting around the labor factor. Because they take up the lion’s share of expenses, salaries are found in every nook and cranny of a facility.
This year's nationwide launch of Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program is forcing healthcare providers to go on the defensive.
MedQuist, a Mount Laurel, N.J.-based developer of clinical documentation solutions, has announced an agreement with healthcare informatics software developer Artificial Medical Intelligence, Inc., to provide computer-assisted coding within MedQuist’s CodeRunner coding workflow platform.
Advantedge Healthcare Solutions, a Warren, N.J.-based provider of physician billing and practice management services to hospital-based physician groups, other specialty physician practices and ambulatory surgery centers, has acquired AHP Billing Services, a Falmouth, Maine-based provider of outsourced billing and coding services.
With Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor program in full swing and the conversion from ICD-9 code sets to ICD-10 on the horizon, Hyland Software is adding some heft to its coding workflow offerings with the purchase of eWebHealth.
Microsoft is highlighting the importance of “community” in healthcare.
The advent of pay-for-performance initiatives and cuts in federal reimbursements for preventable medical emergencies are prompting hospitals to take a closer look at the post-discharge process. With studies indicating billions of dollars lost each year when patients return to a hospital for treatment, officials are looking for ways to reduce those readmissions.