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Use of generic prescription drugs in the United States has saved consumers and the healthcare system $931 billion over the last 10 years, according to a new report from the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA).
The holiday bonus is a tradition both disdained and welcomed, by employers and employees alike, but in recent years, it has become more and more a memory.
It is believed that in its deliberations on how to reduce the federal deficit, the Joint Selection Committee on Deficit Reduction is considering permanently fixing the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. Many within the medical community have vigorously urged the super committee and Congress to repeal the SGR, and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted to recommend a repeal to Congress.
Results of the National Committee for Quality Assurance's (NCQA) annual State of Health Care report indicated that while quality measures overall remained static from 2009 to 2010, some significant gains were made by preferred provider organizations (PPOs).
The 178 “worst” hospitals in the United States care for more than twice the proportion of elderly minority and poor patients as the nation’s 122 “best” hospitals, where costs are lowest and quality highest.
Watching Conrad Murray on trial for allegedly unintentionally killing pop star Michael Jackson allows us to indulge in voyeurism, but some also regard the trial as presenting an allegory of sorts, that has particular significance for doctors.
With the October 2013 deadline for ICD-10 implementation looming, providers are looking for solutions to make the shift as painless as possible.
St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M Health Information Systems recently released its 360 Encompass System, which offers auto-suggested codes and real-time clinical documentation improvement prompts that are delivered at the point of care. The application codes in ICD-10 and also enables coding in ICD-9 while viewing the ICD-10 equivalent.
Nearly half of healthcare providers plan to replace their current revenue cycle management (RCM) system in the next five years, according to a new survey from market researcher KLAS.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced this week that it has awarded grants totaling more than $34 million in 2011 in the fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Healthcare entities are falling behind recommended timelines for implementing the required ICD-10 code sets by the October 1, 2013 compliance date, according to a survey conducted by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI).