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Nearly two-thirds of emergency departments were classified as safety net hospitals in 2007 – nearly double the number classified as such in 1997, according to a recent study.
As the demand for hospitalist physicians increases nationwide, Allegiance Health has decided to expand its own program by entering into an agreement with a hospitalist management company.
Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268-bed tertiary care facility in Little Rock, Ark., has refinanced $25.8 million in Hospital Revenue Refunding Bonds.
Despite a bitter partisan battle over federal spending, Congress has passed a six-month, $16.1 billion extension to federal matching funds for Medicaid.
Univita Health has released the results of a national study that identifies nationwide costs associated with home healthcare, assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued final regulations that will fully implement improvements to the Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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 TriZetto Group recently announced a partnership with professors who founded the value-based insurance design (VBID) movement to develop chronic-condition templates as options for healthcare payer customers of TriZetto's Value-Based Benefits Solution.
Congress will consider changing how hospitals are paid under the meaningful use rule, allowing each hospital in a multi-hospital campus to earn incentives.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability of up to $250 million in grants for new access points for the delivery of primary care services for underserved and vulnerable populations under the Health Center Program.