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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that Medicaid programs in seven states will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Nearly $600 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding has been earmarked for community health center construction and renovation projects and to help networks of health centers adopt electronic healthcare records and other health IT systems.
Maintaining the status quo won't be good enough for vendors in the fiercely competitive medical transcription services market, according to KLAS.
Many adults are juggling part-time caregiving and full-time job requirements, according to a new study.
The healthcare industry has been somewhat immune to the economic recession compared to other hard-hit industries, but a new survey reveals that healthcare organizations are battling low employee morale.
The Greater Hazleton Health Alliance has saved nearly $500,000 in nine months by leveraging Broadlane’s supply chain services at its facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has decided to cover Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection screening for Medicare beneficiaries who are at increased risk for the infection, including women who are pregnant and Medicare beneficiaries of any age who voluntarily request the service.
The Texas Academy of Family Physicians will begin aggregating members' reimbursement data and provide real-time payer benchmarking to identify problem payers and troubling reimbursement trends before they turn into cash-flow pitfalls.
Healthcare groups have urged Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid during the past year to fix or eliminate the proposed durable medical equipment competitive bidding process, fearing that it won't work.
The QuadraMed Corp., a Reston, Va.-based provider of revenue cycle management technology and services, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm.