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Population health management company OptumHealth announced Wednesday it will acquire healthcare services and customer relations company Connextions Inc., in a deal eyeing the ongoing shift toward consumerism in the insurance and healthcare market.
The recession has walloped the personal finances of millions, including physicians, who are being forced to rethink their retirement plans, says a survey by physician recruitment firm, Jackson & Coker.
Grants totaling $71.3 million will be awarded to expand nursing education, training and diversity, announced Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Friday.
Healthcare Finance News Editor Richard Pizzi spoke recently with Kelley Blair, senior vice president of professional services at Craneware, about best practices in managing the hospital charge description master (CDM). Kelley has spent many hours working with hospital business office personnel on chargemaster maintenance.
In the age of healthcare reform and the advent of coordinated care models such as accountable care organizations, nurses have an increasing number of career opportunities, say industry insiders. Topping the list are care managers and leadership roles in the C-suite – positions key to controlling healthcare costs.
In an era when healthcare organizations are laser-focused on cost, obvious excesses in spending are long gone. That doesn't mean the pressure to increase efficiency and reduce expenses has ended—it simply means that organizations have to look more closely at what they do, how they do it, and how much value they receive.
Droves of doctors are opting for employment with hospitals and IDNs in lieu of private practices.
At its annual conference, being held this year in Chicago from Aug. 14-17, the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters will address how healthcare organizations can successfully recruit and retain physicians in an increasingly competitive market.
Employee training is the key to avoiding a costly security breach, according to an executive in the Fraud Solutions division at risk mitigation company Kroll.
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released their latest annual salary survey that showed practice management salaries in 2010 changed little from 2009.