News
Panelists at the New England HIMSS Chapter Conference on HIT, held Oct 17 in South Portland, say it will take a lot of work to correct technical and financial problems in the healthcare industry....
Arrowhead Radiology Medical Group has selected McKesson to manage its revenue cycle operations.McKesson's Revenue Management Solutions group will provide services designed for the Colton, Cal...
Private fee-for-service Medicare Advantage plans will be paid, on average, 16.6 percent more in 2008 compared to what the same enrollees would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service pro...
Spending on Medicaid is expected to substantially outpace the rate of growth in the U.S. economy over the next decade, according to a report released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services....
There are no winning or losing sides when it comes to reforming U.S. healthcare, said David Cutler, health advisor to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). "It's...
Canopy Financial, a San Francisco-based developer of healthcare banking technology services, has acquired CareGain, Inc., a subsidiary of Chicago-based Fiserv, Inc. that provides consumer-directed hea...
According to Jay Khosla, health policy advisor to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), there are elements to McCain's plan that Democrats could support.McCain's plan...
The so-called "medical home" concept is critically dependent on information technology, said David Howes, MD, president and CEO of Martin's Point Health Care, a not-for-profit healthcare org...
The Alabama State Health Planning and Development Agency's Certificate of Need Board has approved the Children's Hospital of Alabama's plans for a 700,000 square foot-plus, $480 million replacement/ex...
Leaders and stakeholders gathered this week to discuss medical identity theft and how the federal government could lead a campaign to prevent it.In a town hall meeting sponsored by the Depart...