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By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | February 01, 2008
The California Department of Managed Health Care and the California Department of Insurance are filing a joint action against PacifiCare companies owned by UnitedHealth Group after uncovering more tha...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | February 01, 2008
A case study released Thursday outlines the top eight priorities for physician practices in choosing a medical billing company. The case study, titled "Why Bigger Isn't B...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 31, 2008
 A task force on healthcare in Colorado is expected to present its recommendations for reforming healthcare in the state today. The state's 27-member Blue Ribbon Task Force...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | January 31, 2008
Rapidly rising healthcare costs are not simply a federal budget problem - they are America's number one fiscal challenge, according to David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States....
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | January 30, 2008
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced its collaboration with three whistleblowers in two lawsuits against three New Jersey hospitals. The lawsuits allege that Robert Wood Johnson...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 30, 2008
A study released in Alabama questions whether the state should have a certificate-of-need process to control the number of healthcare facilities. The study, by the Alabama Po...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | January 30, 2008
EMH Regional Healthcare System will address its bad debt using TransUnion's Healthcare Revenue Cycle Platform, designed to help the Ohio hospital system streamline its registration and collection proc...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 29, 2008
New Jersey needs to better monitor hospitals' financial conditions and may have to play a more active role in ensuring that essential facilities can survive financially. A report,...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | January 29, 2008
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS and other groups are calling for change to a bill that would establish a demonstration project to measure the ability of patient-centered medical homes to...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | January 29, 2008
PROVIDENCE, RI – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s “Quality Counts” program to support physician adoption of electronic health record systems will begin monitoring...