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Key Congressional staffers agree that lack of money will be the force that molds lawmaking in the coming year. At a December health legislation briefing hosted by the Alliance for Health R...

Study cites importance of Web investments A three-month study of 267 healthcare industry professionals has indicated that almost half feel that Web investments are continu...

Healthcare organizations looking to hire clinical coding professionals have reported "real problems in filling open slots with qualified candidates," a survey by the American Health Information Manage...

The payment approach used by Medicare to reimburse freestanding ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) should be changed to match how the program pays for procedures in surgery centers attached to hospita...

San Mateo, CA – Sometimes progress can be measured in a single word or phrase. That’s the philosophy behind Astoria Software, a small (34-employee) company that offers on-dem...

Westfield, NJ – A business plan that began as a way to help her college-aged son get out of bed in time for classes might soon help Amy J. Yoffie tackle the ever-growing – and expensive &#...

WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ plan to increase payments to physicians who spend more time talking with their Medicare patients may be viewed in a different l...

Bush makes progress on healthcare IT plan Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has announced that more than 100 companies will participate in the Ad...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – After more than a year of strategic implementation, Optima Health Plan went live with a new provider network contract management system in mid-December. With plans...

WASHINGTON – A recent report by the Urban Institute pokes holes in the belief that many uninsured Americans are in the middle class. The report, funded by the Robert Wo...