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Americans will have to shoulder greater and greater healthcare costs into the future, with incomes unlikely to keep pace with the increases, a new study shows. The study, rel...
Healthcare spending in 2006 totaled about $2.1 trillion in 2006, according to figures released Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. That works out to an average of $7,0...
AcerMed, Inc., the once-prosperous ambulatory EMR/PM software vendor that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last September, has been sold. Ophthalmic Imaging Systems of Sacramento, Cali...
A second phase of a competitive bidding program, to be nationally implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will enable the agency to prevent dishonest suppliers from participatin...
RETURN ON PATIENT DOLLARS is where all the money is for providers, according to Elizabeth Woodcock, a speaker, author and consultant. Insurance follow up on claims that are denied, however, is a huge...
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Jim Pack, the CEO of AdvancedMD Software, Inc., figures that his company has never seen most of its customers. And that’s just fine with him. “...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) today is expected to outline a bleak prognosis for the budget of running the nation's most populous state and the impact the funding will have on citizens' health...
WASHINGTON – Spending on hospital services could top $1 trillion in 2008, based on estimated growth in hospital charges between 1997 and 2005. Data also indicates that the growth i...
BELFAST, ME – Another member of the Bush family is coming to Maine. athenahealth, a Watertown, Mass.-based provider of Internet-based business services for physician practices, has announced...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana has inked an agreement with Benefitfocus eBilling to provide its group clients with online access to invoice information and improved payment and reporting servic...