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92 percent of insurance executives cite acquisition and retention of best risk among their top three priorities for managing their insurance plans under healthcare reform.
After a period of capital budget cuts and freezes, hospitals are seeing a thaw in capital expenditures, according to a survey published in the Premier healthcare alliance's September 2010 Economic Outlook analysis.
Nurses' roles, responsibilities and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by healthcare reform, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
While the Regional Extension Center program was designed to assist priority primary care providers in small practices, hospitals and public health clinics, some industry groups worry that rural communities and communities of color will still be left behind the digital transformation.
The Government Accountability Office has appointed 15 members to the National Health Care Workforce Commission, which has been tasked with aligning federal healthcare workforce resources with national needs.
A New York has granted final approval to a $350 million settlement between the American Medical Association and the UnitedHealth Group, giving doctors just one day file claims to share in the fund.
One of the pain points in the payment of healthcare bills is the process of gaining approval from insurers for medical procedures. The TriZetto Group is looking to ease that pain by introducing a better means of communication between providers and payers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded $9 million in grants to 51 Senior Medicare Patrol programs to help fight Medicare fraud.
MedeAnalytics, an Emeryville, Calif.-based provider of healthcare performance management solutions, has announced that Blue Shield of California will deploy the company’s Medical Management Analytics solution for use in its Healthcare Services division.
Alisa Ray, executive director of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, said Friday that CCHIT doesn't foresee a backlog of any kind in accommodating testing for meaningful use certification.