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With the idea that physicians know the most about new healthcare technology, Sermo, Inc. has announced a collaboration with Bloomberg, L.P. to launch an online healthcare information database for prof...
The American Association for Homecare has announced 13 recommendations designed to combat Medicare fraud attributed to the home medical equipment (HME) sector. "The homecare sector has z...
THE FEDERAL government came together in October with unprecedented speed to pass a $700 billion dollar bailout package for Wall Street. But what about healthcare? Shouldn't there be a bailout for this...
AS FORTUNES sour on both Wall Street and Main Street, many observers of the U.S. healthcare industry are waiting to see how badly a weakening economy will impact hospitals.“I’m pr...
NEW YORK – Based on the value accrued to stakeholders, health plans should lead the funding of community-based health information exchanges, or HIEs, said Steve Martin, president and CEO of Blue...
Hawaii hospitals suffered operating losses of $150 million last year and expect the situation to worsen in the near future.The federal government's Medicare program and the Hawaii Quest progr...
WASHINGTON – Spending on Medicaid is expected to substantially outpace the rate of growth in the U.S. economy over the next decade, according to the Medicare Trustees Report, released by the Cen...
SAN DIEGO – Much of the talk at the 2008 Annual Conference of the Medical Group Management Association, held Oct. 19-22 in San Diego, centered on how to keep physician practices profitable in th...
WASHINGTON - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved the first new U.S. hospital accreditation organization in more than 30 years.DNV Healthcare Inc., a Houston-based di...
GLENDALE, WI – Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare has cut two months from its normal six-month budget process by switching from manual budgeting to electronic planning software.“The re...