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The move to eliminate payments to providers who make mistakes isn't that easy, noted the American Hospital Association in a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.In comme...
MetroSouth Medical Center - the new name for St. Francis Hospital & Health Center, which was acquired in July by MSMC Investors - will deploy a surgical information system at its hospital in Blue...
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana is piloting an ER initiative program aimed at reducing emergency room visits. The program is an effort to help ensure that Hoosier Healthwise, a h...
On its last day in session, the California Senate passed the latest version of a bill that would guarantee healthcare for all state residents.By a vote of 22-14, the Senate on August 31 passe...
Ninety-two percent of hospital healthcare information management directors are familiar with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, and 40 percent of...
Humana, Inc. has completed a $14 million acquisition of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Metcare Health Plans, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Health Networks.MHP offers a Medicare...
The Joint Commission plans to change its accreditation standards to address the need for cultural competence in hospital care. It is taking online applications through September 8 for an expert panel...
In a response to proposed changes to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system, the American Hospital Association voiced "serious concerns" about reporting requirements and payment...
Dallas-based Healthvision Solutions, Inc. has completed the acquisition of MediSoution's Healthcare Information Systems division.The acquisition included the Montreal-based company's revenue...
Although the federal government is going full throttle into promoting transparency in healthcare, a new study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change questions its current usefu...