Healthcare Finance Staff

IRS report finds variations in charity care terms An interim report by the Internal Revenue Service found that while nearly all not-for-profit hospitals provide community benefit, var...

Contributed By Sam Muppalla THE HEALTHCARE INSURANCE MARKET is in an era of change driven by both external and internal forces, including the consumerism movement, increased competition,...

WHO: Healthcare costs drive global poverty Healthcare costs are not just a major concern in the United States, according to a report published in Health Affairs. Healthcare is respons...

Rural home care provider makes expansion moves A provider network of home health and hospice services has entered a partnership with the University of Tennessee Medical Center to expa...

MPV deal helps Denver cardiology clinics Medical Present Value, Inc., an Austin, Texas-based provider of financial tools and services to manage payer contracts and audit reimbursem...

Contributed By William C. McGinly SPENDING ON HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION in the U.S. is expected to grow to $20 billion annually by 2010 to replace aging infrastructure and accommodate new te...

RALEIGH, NC – The numbers, they say, don’t lie. But can they be used to predict? Predictive modeling, the concept of using data to spot patterns, has been used in fields as diverse...

WAKEFIELD, MA – Saying the company is “pursuing time-sensitive market opportunities,” Picis, Inc. on July 3 withdrew its 11-month-old request for a proposed initial public offeri...

LONG BEACH, CA – When Marina Medical Billing Service, Inc., an emergency medical billing company based in Cerritos, Calif., considered purchasing an electronic document managing solution (EDMS)...

JACKSONVILLE, FL – Studies suggest that as much as 35 percent of medical charges submitted by doctors to insurance companies for reimbursement are denied. “That’...