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FREDERICK, MD – House calls are unheard of these days, but with growing technology patients can access physician services virtually from their home computers, saving both time and money....

WASHINGTON – The pressure will rise for hospitals to provide high-quality care and reduce mistakes, as Medicare seeks to more closely tie reimbursement to quality.The Centers for Medica...

MARIETTA, GA – A recent test of standards to determine banks’ compliance with privacy and security safeguards has been effective, and the organization developing those standards now seeks...

SEATTLE – Dealing with the inevitable paper components of a digital electronic medical record often represents a significant hit on productivity and restrains the full return possible with digit...

New AHRQ Web resource targets provider savingsThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has launched the Health Care Innovations Exchange, the federal government's repository for succ...

ANOTHER INSURER has said it will no longer pay for hospital treatment required after egregious mistakes made by hospital staff.Cigna HealthCare announced it is taking steps to stop reimbursin...

CLEVELAND – There was no lack of data when the Cleveland Clinic tried to analyze why payers rejected its claims.The world-renowned organization had built a denial database to collect th...

ONLY 5 PERCENT of U.S. consumers visited a retail-based health clinic in 2007 – a 2 percent increase from 2006 – but the clinics are expected to continue to increase their “foothold&...

THE HOMECARE MARKET has seen an increase in consolidation over the past few years, and it’s not expected to slow down, according to experts. “There has been a lot of activity with...

ARLINGTON, VA – The American Association for Homecare says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ bidding program will put durable medical equipment providers out of business and...