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WASHINGTON – The government should do a better job of providing oversight of state Medicaid finances, according to a March report issued by the General Accountability Office. The 54-p...

WASHINGTON – A two-page memorandum issued last month by the Internal Revenue Service is expected to reduce the hesitancy of not-for-profit hospitals that have considered providing healthcare inf...

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Provider disconnects and inconsistent strategies are undermining U.S. pay-for-performance programs, a survey of healthcare payers reveals.Results of the survey, by Heal...

BOSTON – Massachusetts’ universal healthcare law celebrated its first anniversary in April. And depending on who you talk to, it’s either in need of refinement or an overhaul....

HHS announces plan to release NPI, related data The Department of Health and Human Services has outlined its plan for what provider information will be attached to the national prov...

WASHINGTON – Federal agencies and state and local enforcement personnel have made about 40 arrests in south Florida as part of a recently launched Medicare “strike force” to tar...

JACKSONVILLE, FL – A coordinated effort is under way in Florida to prompt more physicians to use electronic prescribing. The initiative, called ePrescribe Florida, followed a new t...

WASHINGTON – Even with a contingency plan in place to give the healthcare industry time to implement national provider identifiers, the government is keeping the pressure on to move the industry...

As healthcare providers look to increase the efficiency and quality of medical care, one of the worst shortages of nurses in recent times is affecting revenues, coordination of care, patient outcomes...

Despite polls ranking the healthcare crisis second only to the Iraq War as a concern for voters, few presidential candidates have emerged as champions of healthcare reform....