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BancTec is partnering with MediStreams to introduce Healthcare Remittance Automation, an outsourced service available to providers, aggregators and financial institutions of all sizes.
A new report has found that hospitals are falling short of the Joint Commission's language access requirements for patients with limited English.
Hospital executives are planning for budget increases over the next five years and are prioritizing strategic initiatives that had previously been on hold due to economic constraints, according to a new study by L.E.K. Consulting.
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United and Kaiser Permanente have reached tentative agreement on a new three-year contract for 17,000 registered nurses and nurse practitioners covering 61 locations in northern and central California.
Hospital operator HCA, Inc., has announced an immediate internal reorganization that includes the promotion of the company's chief financial officer to president.
The need to drive down the cost of healthcare will be one of several factors leading to a $2.3 billion worldwide market for in vitro diagnostic company sales to physician office labs this year, according to healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information.
Community Health Systems announced Friday that its subsidiary is acquiring the assets of Mercy Health Partners, based in northeast Pennsylvania, from Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners.
The Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization will roll out analytics software to help its doctors measure clinical performance. The goal is to reduce variations in care - capabilities essential to the Massachusetts-based organization's plans to operate successfully under anticipated state and national payment reform changes.
Amid tepid enrollment, the Department of Health and Human Services has renewed efforts to increase awareness of the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP), the government's temporary insurance plan for those denied private insurance due to pre-existing conditions.
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association says Florida could reduce its Medicaid prescription drug spending by $462 million.