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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:48 am | April 16, 2012
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded a $111 million contract to Indianapolis-based National Government Services, Inc. to support the Next Generation Desktop (NGD) over the next five years.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 11:19 am | April 16, 2012
Two bills that would lower healthcare costs for veterans, make it easier for veterans to access the Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare system and prevent older veterans from unexpected out-of-pocket costs was recently introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR).
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:12 am | April 16, 2012
Last week was a real roller coaster ride for Tenet Healthcare. On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced it was fining the hospital network $42.75 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act; then on Thursday Tenet announced an agreement with HHS that would add $84 million to its coffers to correct Medicare underpayments.
By Frank Irving | 11:09 am | April 16, 2012
A new directive in California is set to save doctors and other medical providers millions.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:54 am | April 16, 2012
Through its Hospital Charitable Service Awards program, Jackson Healthcare has created an eBook for hospital executives interested in improving their organization's community benefit and charitable service reporting.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:50 am | April 16, 2012
Christine Cassel, MD, long-time president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation is stepping down at the end of her current term in July 2013, ABIM announced on Friday.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:08 am | April 16, 2012
The VA had published a proposed rule in March to eliminate the co-pays, then added a direct final rule that would expedite the process if the proposed rule received no "significant" opposition. With the comment period ending on April 5, the rule could go into effect as early as May 7.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:17 am | April 13, 2012
Brian Burns, SVP of Health Care Services and Chief Contracting Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City discusses why the regional payer extended its existing PCMH model into broader health systems as opposed to encouraging an ACO model.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:46 pm | April 12, 2012
Thanks to former governor Mitt Romney, healthcare reform is working in Massachusetts. In fact, the state is number one in the nation for coverage because of the pivotal individual mandate he promoted.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:46 am | April 12, 2012
The National Council on Aging and Humana Inc.'s Humana Cares have announced they will partner to pilot Stanford University's online Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP).