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During a recent exchange with sixteen national firms that offered a multi-stakeholder perspective, an interesting question surfaced: what is the “healthcare financial network”? Besides being characterized as critical infrastructure by Homeland Security, deemed the target of government reform in the Affordable Care Act and impacted by 5010 compliancy and ICD-10 transformation, well, what is it?
The Healthcare Performance Management Institute says recent research indicates insurers and benefits consultants are hindering employers' efforts to reduce healthcare costs.
More than 100 hospital programs have been nominated for the 2010 Hospital Charitable Service Awards, an inaugural national program sponsored by Jackson Healthcare.
Fueled by the increase of portable testing instruments and the need for quick test results, the number of physician office labs has grown, according to Kalorama Information.
Fifty-six percent of healthcare organizations are "substantially dissatisfied" with their business processing outsource companies, according to a new survey.
IBM has created a new Federal Community Cloud designed to help government organizations, such as the Department of Health & Human Services, respond to technology requirements more quickly and at lower cost.
Looking to reduce supply chain costs, four of Washington state's largest healthcare providers are joining forces to open a distribution center.
IDC Health Insights announced Tuesday the launch of a new research advisory service that examines the evolving connected health market.
Health insurance exchanges, mandated under the Affordable Care Act, are intended to bring parity to employee health insurance costs nationwide. Findings from a new survey show that might be more difficult than expected.
The Department of Health and Human Services will provide competitive funding for states to design and implement the information technology infrastructure needed to operate health insurance exchanges.