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WASHINGTON – Medicare officials must make physician reimbursement data available to the public by Sept. 21, a U.S. district court ordered in late August. The Centers for Medicare & Me...
WASHINGTON – Medicare officials announced on Aug. 22 a decrease in Medicare payments for home care services for 2008, drawing sharp criticism from home care lobbyists. The Cente...
CLEVELAND – Pricing transparency and the increasing rise of self-pay are making significant impacts on cash flow management for hospitals and large physician practices, experts say....
Hospitals fall short on preventing infectionsEighty-seven percent of U.S. hospitals do not comply with recommended steps for preventing infections, according to a new study by the Leapfrog...
NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO, my father was hospitalized for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in a Chicago-area hospital. Not that I’m dating myself, but he was a patient in a four-person ward for nearl...
Contributed by Sherry Elliott and Leslie Fox ACCORDING TO THE American Medical Group Association’s 2006 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey, physician co...
RALEIGH, NC – Eight healthcare organizations in Wake County, N.C., are collaborating in hopes of improving coordination of care for their uninsured residents, thus providing better quality and c...
ANDOVER, MA – For healthcare providers burdened with IT expenses and looking for an economical SSO solution, Sentillion has an answer: A shot of ExpreSSO. “We’ve create...
Peter Arnold, 67, is a stroke survivor from Chicago. He is disabled and suffers from seizures. On Aug. 14, Arnold wrote his Congressman and other federal leaders, hoping to bring to their attention th...
WASHINGTON – Experts at a recent policy briefing debated how an expansion of the State Children’s Health Program might harm the private health insurance industry. With curren...