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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:34 am | December 28, 2010
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the largest healthcare payer in the country, has released a plan for upgrading its computer and data systems with the aim of providing better care.
By Diana Manos | 11:24 am | December 28, 2010
State policy experts have named healthcare reform as one of the top issues that state lawmakers should expect to face in 2011.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:19 am | December 28, 2010
Two healthcare networks in North Carolina's competitive Research Triangle are waging a sometimes-heated battle for affiliations with local physician practices.
By Chris Anderson | 11:15 am | December 28, 2010
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has awarded $206 million in bonus payments to 15 sates that have made significant progress in increasing the number of children enrolled in Medicaid.
By Diana Manos | 12:07 pm | December 27, 2010
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, is pressuring the Obama administration to defend how it has spent money fighting Medicare fraud.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:46 am | December 27, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that registration for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health records incentive programs opens January 3. Eligible professionals, hospitals and critical access hospitals must use certified EHR technology to be eligible.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:37 pm | December 26, 2010
Lillibridge Healthcare Services, a subsidiary of the Chicago-based Ventas healthcare real estate investment trust, has acquired five medical office buildings on the campuses of two ThedaCare hospitals in Wisconsin.
By Molly Merrill | 03:55 pm | December 26, 2010
According to a new study, one in six physicians in 2008 reported that their practice owned or leased advanced imaging equipment.
By Diana Manos | 11:34 am | December 23, 2010
As the December 31 Medicare open enrollment deadline grows closer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports record-level enrollment activity from seniors.
By Diana Manos | 10:57 am | December 23, 2010
Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in Georgia, Missouri, New York and Virginia have reported that they donated more than a million dollars apiece to charities in 2010.