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Employers' use of incentives to promote health and wellness programs rose from 62 percent to 71 percent between 2007 and 2008, according to a report released today. The new data reveals what programs...

Catholic Health East will automate its revenue cycle management system in an effort to improve financial performance throughout its 16 acute care facilities. Catholic Health East will use Orl...

Tenet Healthcare Corp. has agreed to sell its majority stake in Broadlane, a technology-oriented healthcare services company, to TowerBrook Capital Partners in a $155 million cash deal.The de...

The United Health Foundation has awarded a $300,000 grant to Howard University's College of Dentistry to establish a program that will expand access to quality dental care for low-income children and...

Nurses are a key part of a hospital's revenue cycle, yet their input usually isn't sought during the development of organizational business plans, experts said Tuesday at ANI 2008, the annual conferen...

A report released today finds that chief financial officer's roles are becoming increasingly more complex as they guide their companies through changes in the healthcare industry. The report...

The Healthcare Financial Management Association, which is in the midst of its annual conference here, has released the first in a series of reports aimed at building a new payment system for healthcar...

ATLANTA – Medical malpractice suits and wrong-site surgeries could be avoided with the use of better informed consent and general consent forms. But many hospitals and physician offices still us...

A coalition to help hospitals deal with the information and data demands of the revised 990 tax form and a schedule specifically related to hospitals has launched a new Web site. The coalition announc...

The 2008 Hospital Value Index, the first scorecard ranking U.S. hospitals on the value of care, was unveiled today at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference in Las Vegas....