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Medicare plans to increase the pressure on hospitals to improve quality, and hopes that state Medicaid programs will jump on board as well.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
A household survey sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Center for Health Statistics shows U.S. healthcare costs should approach $2.4 trillion this year....
Dealing with decreased payments from Medicare and insurers was cited as the biggest concern of healthcare providers in a recent survey by data and network service provider IVANS, Inc. To help...
MedeFinance, an Emeryville, Calif.-based provider of healthcare performance analytics solutions, has secured $50 million in funding, led by Bain Capital Ventures, with additional reinvestment from cer...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services set new nursing home payment rates for 2009 and issued a final rule to on payment for services for people who need the intensive rehabilitation service...
According to a final regulation published Thursday, hospices serving Medicare beneficiaries will see an estimated 2.5 percent increase in their payments for 2009. As part of the final rule, t...
Insurance software and e-commerce provider Ebix, Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Pittsburgh based-Acclamation Systems, a provider of SaaS-based healthcare benefits and claims management software....
"Claims scrubbing" might sound like something that requires a bucket ofsoapy water and a good sponge, but for medical billing services andphysician organizations it's a valuable technology d...
The growth of retail clinics and medical tourism shows that patients are seeking more alternative means of care and at lower costs - a trend that may be an opportunity for providers to shift toward a...
The Medical Banking Project and the Automotive Industry Action Group are renewing commitments to work together on a variety of projects intended to involve banks in the healthcare industry.Th...