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By Eric Wicklund | 11:44 am | January 16, 2009
MedSynergies, Inc., an Irving, Texas-based provider of revenue cycle and practice management software, is teaming up with the Texas Health Resources Organization for Physicians to create Texas Health MedSynergies, a management services organization designed to offer physicians a range of office management and other business services to support their practices.
By Richard Pizzi | 09:46 am | January 16, 2009
A new survey of community clinics in California reveals that the statewide shortage of allied health workers is putting a great strain on these nonprofit health organizations.
By Chelsey Ledue | 09:46 am | January 16, 2009
Despite the economic downturn in 2008, physicians have seen an average salary increase of 4.4 percent for specialists and 4 percent for primary care, according to Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc. ' s 16th 2008 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey Report.
By Diana Manos | 05:25 pm | January 15, 2009
The House passed a bill Wednesday to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), with the Senate scheduled to mark up a bill sometime Thursday.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:24 am | January 15, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has granted three-year extensions for three successful participants in the Care Management for High Cost Beneficiaries Demonstration.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:24 am | January 15, 2009
Establishing a national single-payer-style healthcare reform system would provide a major stimulus for the U.S. economy, according to the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:12 am | January 15, 2009
Thousands of lives - and an estimated $400 billion in healthcare spending - could be saved by putting healthcare information technology to work and adopting best practices, said former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the founder of the Center for Health Transformation.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:02 am | January 15, 2009
Cardinal Health is joining forces with Ohio's business leaders and healthcare providers in an effort to improve patient safety in the state's hospitals.
By Diana Manos | 11:02 am | January 15, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released the long-awaited ICD-10 code set and set a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2013.
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | January 13, 2009
The current economic downturn has affected women's ability to plan and prepare for expensive long-term care costs such as nursing home stays, according to a survey released by America's Health Insuran...