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Contributed by Ron Rittenmeyer The power in technology is not the technology itself. The power in technology is taking your business and making it better than anyone could have ever conside...

Call center experience could cost customers A recent study showed that 61 percent of customers who have a bad experience with a call center of an insurance company are at risk of...

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service is raising the bar for not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare organizations reporting information on annual tax returns. The IRS las...

ORLANDO, FL – To the estimated 6,000 community oncologists nationwide, the concept of “shopping” doesn’t mean heading over to the mall to buy a new shirt or visiting the g...

PSS World Medical, Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla. has announced that it has made a $22.5 million equity investment, approximately 5 percent of current outstanding shares, in athen...

MALVERN, PA – In an effort to reduce the tens of billions of dollars lost each year in medical fraud and billing errors, Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced a “smart card”...

WASHINGTON – Healthcare IT adoption may be painful, but the fruits are well worth it, according to Brent James, MD, vice president of medical research and executive director of the Institut...

Outside forces are shaping how healthcare organizations are managing their revenue cycles. Regulation changes and the consumer-directed healthcare movement are the main agents of change....

AHA weighs in on rehab facility PPS, 75 percent rule The American Hospital Association is urging regulatory action on the “75 percent rule” in the proposed rule for th...

BOCA RATON, FL – Rushed, overworked and generally at odds with the productivity-based pay model. These are common adjectives in primary care. Now, 150 physicians in 16 states are...