Healthcare Finance Staff
House issues bill to speed up Part D payments Community pharmacies have been plagued with slow and low reimbursement under Medicare Part D, according to sponsors of legislation to spe...
LOUISVILLE, KY – Humana’s launch of a new portfolio of individual health insurance plans in four states under its HumanaOne brand is the most recent announcement by payers targeting the in...
Medplexus launches Saas-based suite of solutions MedPlexus, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of Internet-based administrative, financial and clinical software and services for phy...
RALEIGH, NC – Last July, Misys Healthcare Systems took a strategic step back in selling off two smaller business units to concentrate on the ambulatory healthcare market. About a month ago, the...
WESTBORO, MA – Activity in the business analytics market picked up a notch last month with the announcement that Applix, Inc. will be acquired by Ottawa-based business intelligence provider...
WASHINGTON – Medicare officials must make physician reimbursement data available to the public by Sept. 21, a U.S. district court ordered in late August. The Centers for Medicare & Me...
CHICAGO – The good times just keep on rolling for Allscripts. The Chicago-based provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions for physician practices has annou...
Contributed by Sherry Elliott and Leslie Fox ACCORDING TO THE American Medical Group Association’s 2006 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey, physician co...
Contributed by Linc Smith IN APRIL, states, communities and advocacy groups across the nation again marked “Cover the Uninsured Week,” an important reminder that nearly 45 mi...
Hospitals fall short on preventing infectionsEighty-seven percent of U.S. hospitals do not comply with recommended steps for preventing infections, according to a new study by the Leapfrog...