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WASHINGTON – Healthcare IT adoption may be painful, but the fruits are well worth it, according to Brent James, MD, vice president of medical research and executive director of the Institut...

MALVERN, PA – In an effort to reduce the tens of billions of dollars lost each year in medical fraud and billing errors, Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced a “smart card”...

PSS World Medical, Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla. has announced that it has made a $22.5 million equity investment, approximately 5 percent of current outstanding shares, in athen...

ORLANDO, FL – To the estimated 6,000 community oncologists nationwide, the concept of “shopping” doesn’t mean heading over to the mall to buy a new shirt or visiting the g...

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service is raising the bar for not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare organizations reporting information on annual tax returns. The IRS las...

Call center experience could cost customers A recent study showed that 61 percent of customers who have a bad experience with a call center of an insurance company are at risk of...

Contributed by Ron Rittenmeyer The power in technology is not the technology itself. The power in technology is taking your business and making it better than anyone could have ever conside...

CHATTANOOGA, TN – Although the technology strategies vary, payers are either starting or expanding pilot programs that adjudicate claims in real time for providers. While it’s too...

Is care for senior citizens at risk? At the very least, the threat of growing limitations in the availability of care is, depending on your point of view, being suggested as a possibilit...

GAO’s care report outlines need for more investigation The Government Accountability Office’s recent report on long-term care partnership programs in four states outline...