Molly Merrill

Oakwood Healthcare has taken steps to provide transparency in reporting procedure pricing by making it available to patients through its Web site. The site will provide pricing information for surgeri...

Officials at Baltimore-based Harbor Hospital announced this morning that the facility has inked a $3.1 million revenue cycle management contract to streamline administrative workflow, allowing its phy...

Florida-based Lakeside Behavioral Healthcare plans to implement a number of business automation tools in order to strengthen its financial reporting capabilities. Lake...

PHILADELPHIA - Health insurer Cigna Corp announced this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Great-West Healthcare for $1.5 billion, to expand healthcare coverage to include em...

BOSTON – Global healthcare is providing lower costs and quality that may not be found in developed countries, say two experts in the area. Robert K. Crone, MD, and J...

WASHINGTON – A bill introduced in Congress in late October aims to provide transparency in medical device pricing for hospitals to help them negotiate on prices and reduce Medicare spending....

FRAMINGHAM, MA - Although top U.S. healthcare payers reported pricing transparency initiatives in 2007, they face challenges in 2008 that will limit information technology investments in this area....

Cost is the major issue behind the top healthcare challenges for next year, as forecasted by Tefen USA. Tefen USA is a subsidiary of Tefen, a global management, consulting...

TUPELO, MS - Officials at a North Mississippi Health Services announced today they would begin implementation of a Web-based platform to improve financial outcomes across facilities....

DALLAS - A new study reports on U.S. potential healthcare cost reductions achieved through medical tourism, citing a lack of cooperation on part of government and insurers, as main barriers....