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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 pm | November 18, 2009
Six Los Angeles-based health foundations, health plans and healthcare providers are urging the University of California Regents to re-open the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center.
By Diana Manos | 11:49 am | November 18, 2009
The government has changed the way it calculates Medicare fraud, waste and abuse and is finding more improper payments than in years past, according to officials.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:51 am | November 18, 2009
Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., has signed an outpatient services agreement that could help underinsured patients and reduce ambulatory charity and bad-debt write-offs.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:52 am | November 17, 2009
The healthcare retail clinic market has grown approximately 15 percent in the past two years, according to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
By Diana Manos | 11:23 am | November 17, 2009
Sen. Charles Grassley (D-Iowa) has introduced legislation that would allow the government to delay payments to Medicare providers until suspected instances of waste, fraud or abuse are cleared.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:09 am | November 17, 2009
Thomson Reuters has released its annual study identifying the 100 U.S. hospitals that deliver significantly better outcomes and lower costs for inpatient cardiovascular care.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:00 am | November 17, 2009
A study of the use of a real-time location system (RTLS) at Southeastern Regional Medical Center indicates the technology can save hospitals hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, improve clinical outcomes and boost staff morale.
By Kyle Hardy | 12:32 pm | November 16, 2009
El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., has completed its move into a new facility and is now admitting patients.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:26 pm | November 16, 2009
Broadlane, a healthcare group purchasing organization, has acquired Healthcare Performance Partners, a consulting group offering Lean Healthcare and Six Sigma consulting services, training and tools.
By Eric Wicklund | 12:17 pm | November 16, 2009
MedAssets, Inc., an Atlanta-based group purchasing organization and developer of spend management and revenue cycle solutions, recently hosted more than 60 suppliers and 250 healthcare provider representatives at its eighth annual Technology and Innovation Forum in St. Louis.