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Growth in national health expenditures may have increased faster last year than the growth in the Gross Domestic Product, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The American Hospital Association’s Certification Center has launched the Certified Healthcare Constructor credential for professionals in healthcare construction.
An attempt by Idaho lawmakers to opt out of federal healthcare reform could cost the state more than $1 billion in matching federal healthcare funds and thousands of jobs.
President Barack Obama's proposed budget will harm fundraising for nonprofit hospitals by thwarting wealthy donors, according to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.
Physicians taking part in a two-year medical home pilot program will soon have access to new technology designed to help them identify patient care opportunities.
Four months after the switch to a new benefits administrator caused a massive claims backlog, the situation for Maryland mental health providers appears to be on the upswing. Even so, more repairs have to be made to the system before things can return to normal, state officials say.
A published report in late December highlighted the difficulties that arose when the state's mental health department replaced its old contractor, APS Healthcare, with Norfolk, Va.-based ValueOptions. A projected $5 million savings prompted the switch.
By offering its members a patient portal through clearinghouse provider Office Ally, Blue Shield of California is hoping for greater adoption of the tool.
More than half of BSC's IPA provider network already works with Office Ally, and the clearinghouse provides free online messaging tools to both providers and members, said Jim Orchison, director of BSC's network design and programs.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has selected the Callidus Monaco Suite to manage its sales performance and compensation programs, the San Jose, Calif.-based software vendor announced recently. Under the enterprise software-as-a-service agreement, the health plan will use Monaco for its 4,000 brokers.
St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, N.J., has completed a reorganization plan and appears to be on its way out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy status.
Medical device manufacturer Atricure, Inc., has agreed to pay $3.76 million to resolve civil claims in a Medicare fraud case.