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The HWS Labor Market Pulse Index, a quarterly barometer of local market healthcare workforce fluctuations, reveals broadening demand for healthcare workers across a number of regions, particularly in California and parts of the Midwest and Southwest, for the fourth quarter of 2009.
Officials at St. Anthony’s Medical Center, St. Louis’ largest free-standing hospital, say they saved $3 million in the hospital's first year with the Premier healthcare alliance.
A new study of random-sample auditing of health plans says the method doesn't detect hundreds of millions of wasted dollars.
Healthcare reform is “around us, on top of us, it’s all over,” said Richard L. Clarke, president and CEO of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, during Tuesday's keynote speech that kicked off the HFMA’s Virtual Healthcare Finance Conference and Career Fair.
As Congressional leaders work to merge the House and Senate versions of their healthcare reform bills, the American Hospital Association has asked that any final reform provide universal coverage.
The growing cost of brand-name prescription drugs is a concern for patients, payers and providers – particularly when price increases are large and sudden, says the Government Accountability Office.
Med-Vision, a Tampa, Fla.-based healthcare planning, risk management and wellness consulting consulting company, has reportedly helped clients reduce healthcare costs by 10 percent to 12 percent over the past two years by using Verisk Health’s Explorer solution.
Hospital executives taking part in the Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST program say they saved $577 million last year by making small changes.
TransUnion has acquired MedData, a Charlotte, N.C.-based provider of healthcare insurance information and data solutions for hospitals, physician practices and major healthcare insurance companies.
Recovery audit contractors are creating apprehension among healthcare providers. The threat of an audit means increased reliance on efficient, accurate care and billing information.