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The federal government and other healthcare stakeholders are increasingly interested in what is called "patient-centered care" as a measure of quality of care. The two go hand-in-hand, industry and go...
The federal government wants to find the incentive that will convince doctors to participate in its pay-for-performance programs. According to Thomas B. Valuck, MD,...
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt announced today that more than 100 companies have voluntarily signed up to participate in the Administration's plan to advance healthc...
MphasiS Healthcare Solutions, a health benefit management and business process outsourcing services vendor, has announced the release of CDHpac, a tool for health benefits management...
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 light due to the deferral...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has begun to hire new Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) in an effort to improve efficiency, customer service and financial management within Med...
Consumer response to the accessibility of pricing and investment information will help determine the effect of increased financial transparency on providers. President George Bush iss...
According to a new study commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, more than half of the nation's HMOs used pay-for-performance programs...
The interest has always been there, of course, because healthcare organizations have faced delays in receiving payments that could be measured in months. Uncertainty surrounds most...
GE Healthcare of Barrington, Ill. has announced that Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland has selected Centricity Business Advantage, a fully outsourced revenue cycle m...