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A home care advocacy organization says the Office of Inspector General's recent report about the unnecessary provision of powered wheelchairs to Medicare beneficiaries is misleading and that the real problem is a flawed documentation process.
The federal Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model that was announced last May is asking too much of providers, too soon, according to Brian Yeaman, chief medical information officer of Oklahoma-based Norman Regional Health System.
Hospitals experience drug shortages on a daily basis, which often lead to delayed patient treatment and increased drug costs, according to a new report released yesterday by the American Hospital Association (AHA).
NaviNet, the real-time healthcare communications network, has announced NaviNet Doc Xchange, which enables electronic document exchange among providers, insurers and others, reducing mail- and fax-based submission.
A private equity group led by Apax Partners has agreed to buy San Antonio-based Kinetic Concepts, a publicly traded wound-care and tissue-regeneration company, for $6.3 billion, including debt.
A proposed revision of the "advice" exemption of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) of 1959 will restrict access to legal counsel and forwards an organized labor agenda, opponents say.
Industry research firm IBISWorld has forecast the top 10 sectors that will benefit from the creation of state health insurance exchanges under the new rules released this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A report from the PricewaterhouseCoopers US Health Research Institute finds that policies offered by state health insurance exchanges could be worth nearly $60 billion by 2014 - and grow to nearly $200 billion by 2019.
A new proposed rule has been released by the Department of Health and Human Services outlining ways that states can design and manage their health insurance marketplaces to allow consumers and businesses to comparison shop for health plans starting in 2014.