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The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected a contractor to build the Denver VA Medical Center replacement hospital. The new hospital will be on the same campus as the University of Colorado Hospital complex in Aurora, site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center.
CIGNA and the Piedmont Physicians Group, part of Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare have launched an accountable care organization pilot program, designed to provide a comprehensive, accountable and collaborative approach to medical care.
According to a report in the Sept. 7 issue of the Los Angeles Times, California state insurance regulators are seeking fines against PacifiCare for problems including failure to pay doctors, loss of medical records, mismanaged claims and ignoring calls to correct those problems.
In an effort to help financial institutions understand how the HITECH Act and HIPAA directly affects their operations, four industry trade groups recently banded together to release a white paper "Compliance Guidelines for Financial Institutions in the Healthcare Sector: HITECH and the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules."
Joining an ever-growing number of health plans looking to help their members access health information wherever they may roam, Highland has announced the launch of its Highmark Health@Hand iPhone application.
The app provides members with a host of features, including the ability to find the closest Highmark participating providers including hospitals, urgent care facilities, retail clinics and pharmacies.
In a deal that adds a host of services to its online benefits shopping, management and enrollment platform, Benefitfocus announced mid-August its acquisition of Benefit Informatics Inc., a benefit information management company specializing in data analytics, forecasting, financial analysis and data warehousing.
Even in states with laws that require damage caps in malpractice suits, physicians are concerned about being sued, according to a new study.
Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc., has acquired the Joplin Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, a 26,000-square-foot facility in Joplin, Mo., the second property in a $42 million acquisition spree by the firm.
The Joint Commission will expand the process of accrediting ambulatory healthcare organizations next July to those also interested in becoming a primary care home.
Hospitals are making progress on collecting and reporting healthcare-associated infection (HAI) data to a national network, according to a new survey by the Premier healthcare alliance.