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By Diana Manos | 11:43 am | June 15, 2009
The skyrocketing costs of the healthcare status quo are unsustainable, President Obama asserted in his annual weekly Web address Saturday.
By Diana Manos | 11:01 am | June 15, 2009
Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, will provide a keynote at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Annual National Institute on how to move the U.S. toward a high performance health system. The key, she says, is focusing on people.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:48 am | June 15, 2009
With a lot of the talk at this week's Healthcare Financial Management Association ANI conference on revenue cycle management, CareMedic Systems is showcasing a new product designed to bring as much of the process as possible to the front end.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:16 am | June 15, 2009
With the Healthcare Financial Management Association's ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference less than a week away, vendors are making last-minute preparations on solutions designed to improve the hospital's bottom line as well as its ability to deliver care.
By Molly Merrill | 10:09 am | June 15, 2009
Hospitals facing budget shortfalls are weary of "going green" because they think it will cost them more money - but this is a myth.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:02 am | June 15, 2009
Bad debt is a problem bedeviling many healthcare institutions during these bleak economic times, as the volume of uninsured - and underinsured - patients increases.
By Chelsey Ledue | 09:53 am | June 15, 2009
Healthcare finance executives may be increasingly relying on metrics to improve their organizations' quality and efficiency during the economic downturn.
By Chelsey Ledue | 09:36 pm | June 14, 2009
The first round of Form 990 submissions can be confusing with the vague definitions of what is considered charity care or community benefit, according to presenters at a pre-conference session at the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s ANI.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 04:24 pm | June 12, 2009
Concuity, based in Vernon Hills, Ill., has announced that Providence Health & Services has expanded its contract with the company to provide the ClearContracts software-as-a-service revenue management solution to four more facilities.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:27 pm | June 12, 2009
Medigap policyholders are "overwhelmingly satisfied" with their coverage and say it provides good value for their money, according to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and America's Health Insurance Plans.