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IRVING, TX – Hospitals are not always excited about sharing best practices or helping competitors improve performance and save money.But most agree about the need for the healthcare ind...
CHICAGO – According to the latest survey by Aon Consulting, employers will face a 10.6 percent increase in healthcare costs. Aon Consulting Worldwide, a global human capital consulting...
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Government health insurers overpay specialists compared to primary care doctors and “exacerbate the shortage of primary care physicians,” according to a study by Harv...
A STATE NOTED for its difficult financial environment for hospitals is promising to give facilities some cushion – but that assistance will come with some tradeoffs.New Jersey Gov. Jon...
In a move that heralds sweeping change in how medical bills are coded, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced a proposal to begin using ICD-10 code sets effective Oct. 1, 2011....
BOSTON – Legislation in Massachusetts to set nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals was stalemated last month, killing the initiative for the rest of this year.Proponents of the...
National medical equipment provider, Rotech Healthcare Inc., has paid $2 million to settle civil charges that it engaged in false or fraudulent conduct in billing Medicare for durable medical equipmen...
There are two classes of products in the contract management market – a revenue cycle management (RCM) product’s contract component and a standalone contract management application. An...
May 23 has come and gone, and national provider identifiers have been used during the course of several billing cycles now. The dust is beginning to settle, enabling providers and payers alike to stan...
Puget Sound Health Alliance are set to release a second local provider report card to the public in November. The report will show results of care for patients with diabetes, heart disease, depression...