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COLUMBIA, MD – Johns Hopkins Medicine will apply its expertise in 23 clinical specialties and subspecialties of Resolution Health’s data analytics-driven rule sets used for identifying act...
The transition from standard healthcare plans to high-deductible health plans and their health savings accounts may look like a wide, unfamiliar chasm that employees are unwilling to cross –...
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced a deadline of October 1, 2011, for the industry to convert to ICD-10 for coding diagnoses and treatment.Advocat...
In August, our family spent many enjoyable hours watching the Summer Olympics in Beijing. But the highlight for me was watching the marathons.I can somewhat relate to men and women running a...
WASHINGTON – According to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, the fundamental healthcare question facing America these days is how to slow rapidly rising costs. The Ariz...
Faster payments and ease of claims processing are just two goals for physician practices around the country, and many have found that a clearinghouse service is one way to achieve this.Regula...
Insurer marketing favors MA over stand-alone plansA recent Kaiser Family Foundation study revealed that insurers preferred to advertise Medicare Advantage to stand-alone drug plans. Accord...
Initiative IDs caregivers of Medicare beneficiaries The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has launched Ask Medicare, an initiative to help family caregivers access valuable health...
EVEN AS THE presidential race gets down to the wire, some voters have had enough of the bipartisan bickering standing in the way of U.S. healthcare reform. They want change to come no matter who wins....
MILWAUKEE, WI – Metro Imaging is among several imaging centers successfully using its radiology information system (RIS) and picture archiving and communication system (PACS) to help streamline...