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WASHINGTON – At one of the many briefings, Congressional hearings and non-profit forums held last month in Washington D.C. on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Sen. Ja...
STAMFORD, CT – While a large majority of providers are using technology to verify patients’ eligibility, many are not aware of initiatives under way to reduce common administrative hassles...
Because of practice management costs and high income taxes, many physicians find themselves struggling financially when retirement approaches. Recent studies have looked at the various strategies...
WITH THE U.S. facing a 2006 healthcare tab of $2.1 trillion and healthcare a staggering 16 percent of the gross domestic product, it’s not hard to see why potential “solutions” are s...
LEAWOOD, KS - Fourteen of the nation’s 460 accredited family medicine residencies are participating in an initiative to look at new ways to provide practice management training to personal physi...
NEW ORLEANS – The sharing of data is creating more uses for healthcare information, such as research that drives both lower costs and better care. But before data can be used for esot...
WASHINGTON – Upon delivering its 2007 report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) prompted reactions from healthcare industry stakeholders eager to weigh in on how Cong...
CORAL GABLES, FL – When hurricane season comes calling in a month or so, one Florida hospital system expects to have a cost-effective way of coordinating its telecommunications. Ba...
WASHINGTON – With the deadline for implementing national provider identifiers about a month away, calls are growing for the government to soften its stance on switching to the numbers on May 23....
It was an interesting experience to be a healthcare “insider” in a room full of people trying to figure out how they can fit into the healthcare industry. Maybe “inside...