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Regional health information organizations and health information exchanges may not be the answer to a nationwide network, according to David Westfall Bates, MD, an internist at Brigham & Women's H...
Though it's still on the horizon, the anticipated change from the current ICD-9 Medicare physician and hospital billing code systems to ICD-10 could cost healthcare providers a hefty amount of money,...
A new white paper reports that despite a decline in the number of Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs in the past year, 85 percent of the sites selling these drugs don't req...
In an effort to assist small to medium-sized practices and community health centers in Florida, electronic health record provider Sevocity is offering $50,0000 in grants to spur clinics to adopt EHRs....
After a series of failed attempts to stall a 10.6 percent Medicare physician pay cut, Congress has approved a veto-proof fix. The new law will halt the July 1 pay cut for the rest of 2008 and provide...
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey executives say the insurer will be the first in the nation to invest in electronic medical history technology for select network hospitals. The insurer wil...
New York City's Victory Memorial hospital, a historic, not-for-profit voluntary hospital and Skilled Nursing Center, will remain open due to a $44.9 million sale of its main campus located in Brooklyn...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment has "created concern and chaos for beneficiaries, physicians, hospital discharge official...
Selecting and implementing an electronic health record system is among the top concerns physician practice managers list in a new survey by the Medical Group Management Association. According...
Government health insurers overpay specialists compared to primary care doctors and "exacerbate the shortage of primary care physicians," according to a study by Harvard Medical School resea...