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As health reform debate continues on Capitol Hill, Sen. Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said Monday he "strongly opposes" creating a government-run healthcare program.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will fully launch its Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program by January 2010, and hospitals need to be ready.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has made available nearly $200 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support student loan repayments for primary care medical, dental and mental health clinicians who want to work at National Health Service Corps sites.
Four Miami-area residents were recently sentenced for a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics.
President Barack Obama devoted his entire weekly address on Saturday to championing healthcare reform.
Emdeon, a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of revenue and payment cycle solutions, is partnering with Bloodhound Technologies, a Durham, N.C.-based provider of claims editing and analytics, to deliver a new claims processing model.
Over 300 nursing homes in the eastern region of Pennsylvania have begun reporting healthcare-associated infections to the state's Patient Safety Authority through its Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System.
The Ohio Children's Hospital Association and its six member hospitals have released the results of a collaboration to improve quality in children's hospitals.
The Duke University Health System has selected a vendor to provide its hospitals with a new revenue cycle claims management solution.
An estimated 100 protesters gathered for a short morning rally against the health insurance industry at the AHIP Institute 2009 conference Thursday at the San Diego Convention Center.