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The Senate approved a bill on Thursday that will phase out Medicare's higher co-pays for mental health services, bringing them in line with co-pays for physical healthcare services.The Senate...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at providing healthcare coverage to the more than 40 million uninsured Americans and laying the groundwork for universal cover...