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UnitedHealthcare and healthcare provider Sharp Healthcare have announced a five-year contract renewal that also includes the rebranding of a current United Medicare Advantage plan to be called Sharp SecureHorizons Plan by UnitedHealthcare (HMO).
Web-based healthcare information provider HealthGrades announced Wednesday that it has reached a definitive agreement to merge with CPM, a customer relationship management solutions firm.
The growing drug shortage crisis is the number one supply chain concern for providers nationwide says Novation, a group purchasing organization. Yet, even in these dire circumstances, there may be a glimmer of hope.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week that medical device company Dfine has agreed to pay the United States $2.39 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to induce physicians to use its devices for treating spinal fractures.
A little more than four months after Highmark, western Pennsylvania's largest insurer, provided a $50 million cash infusion to help prop up struggling provider West Penn Allegheny Health System, the boards of both companies on Tuesday approved a definitive affiliation agreement.
The Medicare physician payment fee for 2012 is not as bad as predicted, but the lesser cut will be cold comfort to physicians.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced it will increase payment rates under its Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) by 1.9 percent and its Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payments by 1.6 percent in 2012.
Hopkins reduced 'red bag' regulated medical waste by 16 percent in part by putting appropriate trash in the correct containers.
Government Health IT Editor Tom Sullivan spoke recently with Ana Croxton, NextGen Healthcare's vice president of EDI products and services, about its 5010 efforts and what lies ahead on the road to ICD-10 -- including a service that's not yet released but is in the design phase to help users understand ICD-10 codes.