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By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | April 21, 2008
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...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | April 18, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will offer a variety of new reporting options to encourage physicians to submit quality data.The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative allows...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | April 18, 2008
Grants totaling $50 million will be awarded to 20 states to help improve access access to primary medical care.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid studies announced the awards, saying the...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | April 17, 2008
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, healthcare-associated infections are one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States. The U.S. Government Accountability Of...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | April 17, 2008
The use of information technology is the focus of a foundation formed by The Regence Group, which will fund $2.5 million in healthcare projects in its first year and $4 million per year thereafter....
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | April 16, 2008
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association says any plans for healthcare reform should include incentives to provide quality care. At a Capitol Hill briefing Tuesday, BCBSA officials told Whi...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | April 16, 2008
Technology, well-thought-out policies and senior management buy-in will serve providers well when it comes to collecting from patients at the point of service (POS), according to B...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | April 16, 2008
Board-certified radiologist Fred Steinberg, MD, along with his imaging centers and related entities in Palm Beach County, Fla., will pay $7 million to the government to settle charges of healthcare fr...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | April 16, 2008
The House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Health took a look Tuesday at the instability of healthcare coverage in America. The hearing, called by Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | April 16, 2008
Provider groups, reacting to uncertainty surrounding the use of national provider identifiers on claims forms, are asking the government to delay enforcing use of the numbers after May 23.Var...