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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...
A new national coalition of unions, community action groups, women's organizations and progressive think tanks kicked off a four-month blitz Tuesday with a single aim – to force the federal gove...
In an effort to reduce costs and to better align resources Cardinal Health, a global healthcare provider, has announced a consolidation of its businesses into two primary operating and reporting segme...
A fugitive Miami businessman has been sentenced to 130 months in prison for his role in defrauding the Medicare program of millions of dollars through his two businesses.Gustavo Smith, 43, ow...
Concierge Choice Physicians, a New York-based private company offering a "hybrid" model of concierge medicine, has expanded into Delaware, Virginia and Texas. CCP's model is designe...
Craneware, based in Orlando, Fla., has announced contracts with San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West and Newtown Square, Pa.-based Catholic Health East for the delivery of Craneware’s Ch...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a massive proposed rule to update its approach for paying for hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgery center services.Under th...
Medical coding applications are a “big productivity boost,” says Pamela Biffle, president of PB Healthcare Consulting. While you can only do coding tasks so many ways, Biffle said what&...
The American Association for Homecare has been denied a motion for a preliminary injunction in a federal lawsuit seeking to halt the "faulty implementation" of the durable medical equipment...
Despite research that shows current methods of healthcare reimbursement don't encourage efficiency and efficacy in treating chronic conditions, a new study finds little has been done to bring innovati...