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As the healthcare industry looks for ways to function more efficiently, Ricoh Company, Ltd.'s eWriter Solutions business unit has added a new product to the mix.
Spiraling healthcare expenditures paralleled by increasing costs and premium rates of medical care are creating a real and urgent need for reform in the medical technology sector worldwide, according to a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.
In its annual Diagnostic Imaging Watch, released in June, the healthcare supply contracting firm Novation reported that, after a three-year decline in sales of capital diagnostic imaging equipment, hospitals and imaging centers appear to be resuming the acquisition process.
Assuming there is no new legislation to the contrary in the next few months, Accountable Care Organizations will begin operating nationwide in January 2012.
Healthcare Finance News Editor Richard Pizzi spoke recently with Kelley Blair, senior vice president of professional services at Craneware, about best practices in managing the hospital charge description master (CDM). Kelley has spent many hours working with hospital business office personnel on chargemaster maintenance.
Finding ways to create a payment model that rewards high-quality outcomes, reduces avoidable costs and protects payer and provider margins is the ultimate goal of those working to reform the healthcare system today.
McKesson has announced an agreement to buy Portico Systems for a reported $90 million, a deal that will combine the two companies' offerings around care management and network management and position McKesson for anticipated shifts in the healthcare market.
After spending much of the past year under a microscope amid criticism for proposed rate hikes and executive compensation, Blue Shield of California has taken steps to rehabilitate its image - including a pledge to limit net income to no more than 2 percent of revenue.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should replace its 35-year-old 510(k) clearance process for medical devices, says a new report issued by the Institute of Medicine.