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By Richard Pizzi | 03:35 pm | January 07, 2010
AtlantiCare in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., and Heartland Health in St. Joseph, Mo., have won the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:13 pm | January 07, 2010
AmeriCares has been awarded a $650,000 grant to expand its domestic medical assistance services to more than 250 health clinics serving the uninsured and underinsured throughout the nation.
By Diana Manos | 11:34 am | January 07, 2010
The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement has created a professional partnerships group to help medical groups, hospitals, health plans, policymakers and others improve their healthcare offerings.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:32 am | January 07, 2010
The academic medical practice at George Washington University has chosen a vendor to provide real-time adjudication and processing of electronic claims transactions at its Washington, D.C., facilities.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:03 am | January 07, 2010
The Mercy Primary Care Center has received $300,000 to expand access to healthcare for the uninsured in Detroit.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:00 am | January 07, 2010
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners and support personnel rose significantly in December, according to a report released this week.
By Diana Manos | 11:26 am | January 06, 2010
As Congress readies to merge the Senate and House healthcare reform bills, some states, including Idaho, are stepping up to serve as the latest roadblock.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:22 am | January 06, 2010
Nominal health spending in the United States grew 4.4 percent in 2008 to $2.3 trillion, or $7,681 per person – the slowest rate of growth since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started officially tracking expenditures in 1960.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:13 am | January 06, 2010
A new report from the Missouri Department of Insurance shows healthcare providers across the state are dealing with significant payment delays in claims filed with insurance companies for treatment of patients.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:01 am | January 06, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched its fifth annual healthcare provider satisfaction survey for Medicare fee-for-service contractors who process and pay more than $370 billion in Medicare claims each year.