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By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | December 30, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revoked the billing privileges of 1,139 suppliers of durable medical equipment prosthetics, orthotics and supplies in south Florida and southern Ca...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | December 30, 2008
A survey conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) finds that hospital CIOs feel they are unprepared for the switch to ICD-10 code sets.The survey,...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | December 29, 2008
Jim King, MD, chairman of the American Academy of Family Physicians' Board of Directors, is urging President-elect Barack Obama to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in federal programs that suppo...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | December 29, 2008
The University of Iowa Health Care has recovered more than $20 million in hospital payments from insurers by employing its own software and a new approach to revenue management.Beginning last...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | December 29, 2008
The American Nurses Association and other nursing organizations have released what they call a "first-of-its-kind study" showing the economic value of nursing. The study shows that...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | December 29, 2008
SXC Health Solutions, a Lisle, Ill.-based provider of pharmacy benefit management services, has acquired the assets of Zynchros, a Seattle-based developer of formulary management solutions for...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | December 29, 2008
The Internet and social networking, pay-for-performance, the economic crisis and conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 disease code sets are among the top issues facing healthcare in 2009, according to Pric...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | December 24, 2008
With a Dec. 31 deadline looming for physicians to qualify for bonuses under Medicare's 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, the Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative (PAeHI) is reminding physicians...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | December 24, 2008
 The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is extending Medicaid coverage for about 34,000 children in the Houston-Beaumont areas over concerns that Hurricane Ike may have disrupted the abil...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | December 24, 2008
A report issued by the Congressional Budget Office comparing health care reform options found that a plan to allow Americans to buy into Medicare before turning 65 would lead to more people with healt...