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By Molly Merrill | 03:10 pm | March 03, 2010
The Senate voted Tuesday night to postpone the 21 percent Medicare physician payment cuts until April 1, 2010.
By Richard Pizzi | 01:20 pm | March 03, 2010
Lakeland Regional Medical Center, an 851-bed facility based in Lakeland, Fla., is adding time and attendance technology in an attempt to increase operational efficiencies.
By Molly Merrill | 12:42 pm | March 03, 2010
More than 350 healthcare chief executives, administrators, board chairs and trustees representing hospitals and healthcare organizations from New York state convened in Albany on Wednesday to oppose $1 billion in provider taxes and cuts.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:37 pm | March 03, 2010
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical occupations and support personnel fell in February, according to a report released this week.
By Kyle Hardy | 10:54 am | March 03, 2010
The results of a poll of nearly 1,500 physicians found 84 percent saying they will be forced to cut back the number of patients admitted, if the Medicare cuts scheduled to take effect March 3, hold.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:28 am | March 03, 2010
At the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase, the Federal Health Architecture (FHA) exhibited 40 kiosks of 23 scenarios involving 60 organizations, increasing its presence times eight.
By Richard Pizzi | 02:33 pm | March 02, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has instructed its contractors to hold claims containing services paid under the Medicare physician fee schedule for the first 10 business days of March.
By Kyle Hardy | 11:11 am | March 02, 2010
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced two contracts totaling $41.5 million allocated for the creation of a "polytrauma center."
By Molly Merrill | 11:02 am | March 02, 2010
Escalating globalization, the growing economic importance of small businesses, and the need to develop innovative sources of funding will be the top drivers for supporting the future of healthcare fundraising, says a new study.
By Chelsey Ledue | 09:29 am | March 02, 2010
William F. Jessee, MD, president and chief executive officer of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), has announced that he will retire in the fall of 2011.