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By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | October 29, 2008
People are blaming the insurance industry for rising healthcare costs more than anyone else, according to a nationwide survey.The Harris Poll conducted a survey of 2,119 U.S. adults online b...
By John Andrews | 01:00 am | October 29, 2008
BECAUSE HEALTHCARE “customers” don’t fit the conventional role of goods and services buyers, provider organizations haven’t made customer relationship management a priority....
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 29, 2008
The Advance Medical Technology Association, American Hospital Association and  American Health Information Management Association urged Congress in a letter Tuesday not to delay adoption of the n...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | October 29, 2008
The growth of philanthropic giving for healthcare in the United States fell by more than half from 2006 to 2007, while the Canadian rate of growth in donations nearly tripled, according to the Associa...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | October 29, 2008
According to a study released by the WellPoint Institute of Health Care Knowledge, consumer-directed health plans encourage preventive care and yield cost savings for employers. The study, &q...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | October 28, 2008
With the idea that physicians know the most about new healthcare technology, Sermo, Inc. has announced a collaboration with Bloomberg, L.P. to launch an online healthcare information database for prof...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 28, 2008
Information technology, remote monitoring and technology connected to genomics and diagnostics are all appealing investments, the executives of three investment entities said Monday at the Center for...
By Jeff Marion | 01:00 am | October 28, 2008
St. Elizabeth Medical Center plans to implement new revenue management software to help manage high volume, low dollar claims, improve laboratory collection rates, and increase reporting capabilities....
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | October 28, 2008
The American Association for Homecare has announced 13 recommendations designed to combat Medicare fraud attributed to the home medical equipment (HME) sector. "The homecare sector has z...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | October 28, 2008
Francisco Partners, the private equity firm with a stake in several healthcare technology vendors, has announced plans to acquire API Software, Inc., a Hartford, Wis.-based developer of labor manageme...