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Helping Medicaid is a critical piece of New York Gov. David Paterson's request for federal aid to states, as outlined in a letter Monday to President-elect Barack Obama.Paterson joins other g...
A survey conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) finds that hospital CIOs feel they are unprepared for the switch to ICD-10 code sets.The survey,...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revoked the billing privileges of 1,139 suppliers of durable medical equipment prosthetics, orthotics and supplies in south Florida and southern Ca...
One in five adults ages 45 and older are suffering from health problems due to financial stress, according to a recent AARP survey."Right now people are increasingly concerned about thei...
SXC Health Solutions, a Lisle, Ill.-based provider of pharmacy benefit management services, has acquired the assets of Zynchros, a Seattle-based developer of formulary management solutions for...
The Internet and social networking, pay-for-performance, the economic crisis and conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 disease code sets are among the top issues facing healthcare in 2009, according to Pric...
The University of Iowa Health Care has recovered more than $20 million in hospital payments from insurers by employing its own software and a new approach to revenue management.Beginning last...
Jim King, MD, chairman of the American Academy of Family Physicians' Board of Directors, is urging President-elect Barack Obama to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in federal programs that suppo...
The American Nurses Association and other nursing organizations have released what they call a "first-of-its-kind study" showing the economic value of nursing. The study shows that...
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is extending Medicaid coverage for about 34,000 children in the Houston-Beaumont areas over concerns that Hurricane Ike may have disrupted the abil...