Healthcare Finance Staff

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...

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...

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...

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’...

Despite PHR availability, few consumers use them Even as insurers increasingly make plans to offer personal health records for their customers, very few Americans use the technology or...

Less than a month after withdrawing its request for a proposed initial public offering of common stock, Picis, Inc. explained that decision with a new financing agreement and a purchase that moves the...

British banking and healthcare firm Misys plc has announced the sale of two segments of its American-based healthcare unit to focus on the ambulatory care market. The c...

Indianapolis-based Zotec Partners, which provides medical billing services and licensed software to hospital-based physician specialty practices, has announced its merger with...

The Sullivan Group, a provider of risk management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced an alliance with global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings of New York to pr...