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The single stand-alone hospital may be a "concept of the past" according to an expert on hospital mergers and acquisitions who spoke at the HIMSS11 conference in Orlando, Fla., on Monday.
There is a 50 percent likelihood of a complete government shutdown over the coming months, said former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich at Monday's opening keynote at the HIMSS11 conference in Orlando, Fla.
The debut of HIMSS' mini-conference HIT X.0 drew hundreds of attendees to a keynote featuring Aneesh Chopra, U.S. technology czar, and John Glaser, CEO of the Health Services Business Unit at Siemens.
BancTec, a Dallas-based company specializing in business solutions, business process outsourcing and infrastructure services, is showcasing its Healthcare Remittance Automation product during the HIMSS11 conference taking place this week in Orlando.
Roosevelt Hairston, Jr., the executive vice president and general counsel for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, has been fired, according to a statement made last week by hospital officials.
Complicated ICD-10 conversion will affect all areas of Orlando Health, but officials said the organization is on track for meeting the Oct. 1., 2013, deadline.
Kaiser Permanente has received the highest customer loyalty ranking in the health insurance sector, according to the Satmetrix 2011 Net Promoter industry rankings released Feb. 18.
Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana, Inc., has acquired the assets of New Jersey-based Immediate Medical Care Center, P.A. (IMCC), a provider of urgent care and occupational health services to the private patient and employer community.
In an effort to increase efficiency and improve cash recovery on commercial bills, eligibility efforts and patient-pay accounts, the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, known as the MED, will be using Connance Agency Manager and Scoring with PARO charity care analytics.
Converting to the ICD-10 medical diagnosis code set is not for the faint of heart. It's likely to be complicated, expensive and may entail a loss of productivity that could take five-to-six years to gain back, according to experts. The conversion is federally mandated by Oct. 1, 2013, and unlike many times in the past, there's no indication it will be postponed.