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The Bethesda Healthcare System, a not-for-profit, two-hospital system in Boynton Beach, Fla., intends to redesign its revenue cycle processes, adding a fully automated financial and clinical patient record.
In a war of words that has implications for Pennsylvania's budget crisis, Governor Edward Rendell on Monday released data from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report that showed the state's Medicaid error rate was 4.07 percent, much lower than the rate in excess of 15 percent claimed last month by Auditor General Jack Wagner.
More than three-quarters of venture capitalists plan to increase their investments in healthcare IT next year, according to a recent survey by the National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones VentureSource.
Despite tort reform efforts aimed at reducing malpractice risk, a recent study indicates physicians are still worried about lawsuits, leading them to practice defensive medicine and driving up healthcare costs.
The Medical Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust specializing in healthcare facilities, has acquired two long-term acute care hospitals in Texas and expects to acquire a third in Missouri in an $83.4 million deal.
Three U.S. District judges presiding over legal challenges to the landmark federal healthcare law have held financial investments in the healthcare industry, according to a Center for Public Integrity review of their latest available financial disclosure forms.
Americans' confidence in their ability to obtain and afford healthcare continued its decline in November, according to a consumer sentiment index by Thomson Reuters.
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules aimed at delivering new transparency and scrutiny to health insurance rate increases. Under the proposed rules the HHS will work with states to require health insurers to provide information for "unreasonable" rate hikes.
President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that clarifies the term "creditor" in the Red Flags Rule, excluding doctors and other small businesses.
MedAssurant, a provider of data-driven healthcare technology, has been enlisted by Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA) to provide advanced analytics to help establish priorities and inform best practices in healthcare delivery for Medicaid patients.