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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 05:44 pm | May 09, 2012
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) on Wednesday submitted comments on ICD-10 proposed rulemaking to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. CHIME urged HHS to remain committed to ICD-10, while calling the one-year delay an appropriate "middle ground" for all stakeholders.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:38 pm | May 09, 2012
AHIMA has said it before, and it is saying it again. Delaying ICD-10 deadlines is not a good idea.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 02:10 pm | May 09, 2012
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of $75 million in funding for the construction and renovation of school-based health centers.
By Rene Letourneau | 12:11 pm | May 09, 2012
Two-thirds of adults and one-third of children are overweight or obese in the U.S., resulting in an annual cost of $190.2 billion for treating weight-related illness, according to the Institute of Medicine, which released a report Tuesday offering recommendations for combatting the problem.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 03:51 pm | May 08, 2012
It may not occur to smaller senior living companies to seek a credit rating from a credit rating agency like Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor's or Moody's, but for companies large and small, there are financial benefits said a group of panelists during an online senior living business conference held in March.
By Rene Letourneau | 03:25 pm | May 08, 2012
Nurses and nurse managers employed in physicians' offices have begun receiving salary increases even as most other clinical and administrative support staff have seen their pay stagnate or decline, according to a recent survey by communications consulting firm UBM Medica US.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 01:03 pm | May 08, 2012
According to a new study released from The Commonwealth Fund, patients in the U.S. do not receive notably exceptional care compared with 13 other industrialized countries, despite health costs averaging one-third to two-thirds more than the other advanced countries.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 12:57 pm | May 08, 2012
Princeton, NJ – As the shortage of primary care providers is becoming more of a threat to healthcare organizations, a new national program has been created to help identify primary care sites around the country that are using their workforce creatively in order to increase access, provide good quality care and create value at their institutions.
By John Andrews | 12:54 pm | May 08, 2012
Business intelligence is finding myriad ways to improve the healthcare organization's bottom line, whether it's through clinical improvement, greater operational efficiencies or enhanced revenue cycle functionality, system designers say.
By Rene Letourneau | 12:46 pm | May 08, 2012
John Santangelo, director of IT at Cleveland Clinic Florida, recently discussed the benefits and drawbacks of implementing electronic health records with Healthcare Finance News Editor René Letourneau.