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AUGUSTA, ME –Maine’s Dirigo Health Association has estimated savings of $190.2 million in 2007 – but associations around the state are disputing the DHA’s healthcare premium ta...
Adequate financing, improving the quality of care services and developing an adequate, skilled workforce are some of the urgent challenges facing long-term care in the future, said respondents to the...
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed new efforts to promote access to higher-quality and more efficient healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries under the 2009 M...
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has awarded more than $49 million in grants to 30 states to provide health insurance to residents who can't get conventional coverage because of the...
WASHINGTON – The Medical Group Management Association is asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to call a “time out” on implementing the latest phase of changes to t...
BSCF expands infection prevention programMore than 50 hospitals in California will be joining the Blue Shield of California Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Initiative, an effort...
The new $829 million Ronald Reagan Medical Center opened its doors last month, culminating years of construction and planning.The 1-million-square-foot building contains 520 beds and includes...
NEW YORK – Pending legislation in New York is raising concerns among hospital organizations, some of which fear the laws may increase hospitals’ liability for the expenses of duplicating m...
PHYSICIANS MAY have gained a small reprieve with the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act in July. The bill, if it remains veto-proof as expected, would halt the 10.6 pe...
WALTHAM, MA – Revenue cycle executives for healthcare organizations are focusing most of their attention on improving patient collections, according to a recent survey of finance executives....