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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 05, 2007
A Colorado man whose name, social security number and address were stolen was billed $44,000 by a hospital for a surgical procedure he never had. Two years later, he's still working to clear his name...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | January 04, 2007
Although government and industry officials have been touting the patient safety benefits of electronic health records, physician practices have been slow to adopt the technology – primarily beca...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 04, 2007
Providers saving with credentialing datasource More than 400,000 providers are now using a data collection service to streamline the delivery of credential informat...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | January 04, 2007
Physicians are still predominantly paid for productivity rather than quality, a study released Jan. 4 by the Center for Studying Health System Change has shown....
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 02, 2007
Consolidation among health plans took a step forward in the competitive Michigan market with the announcement last week of the sale of a smaller health plan to a larger provider-based health plan....
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | January 02, 2007
No amount of incentive will entice physicians to participate in a quality data submission program if they are hesitant about pay for performance (P4P), according to Chris Weiss, president and CEO of H...
By Jack Beaudoin | 01:00 am | December 29, 2006
December proved a cool month for some publicly traded healthcare providers. Analysts were generally bearish on the prospects of companies like Triad Hospitals and Tenet Health, thanks to declining mar...
By Jack Beaudoin | 01:00 am | December 29, 2006
If 2006 was the year consumer directed health plans began to pick up steam, 2007 may be the year that all-in-one "smart" cards, designed to automate the payment process, grab the public spotlight....
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | December 29, 2006
Three hospitals are expected to implement a new approach to delivering primary care in the first quarter of 2007, testing a concept that's projected to provide cost-effective options for insurers and...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | December 28, 2006
Axentis, a Cleveland-based provider of governance, risk and compliance management solutions, has been selected by Houston-based EGL, Inc., a global transportation, supply chain manage...