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A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers says that although the rate of growth in medical costs has been declining over the past five years, in 2009 this downward trend is expected to level off....
Three hospitals in the University of Maryland Medical System are now able to share financial and clinical data on patients, thanks to the implementation of CareMedic Systems, Inc.'s new electronic Fin...
Just when doctors thought things couldn't get much worse, experts say, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has thrown another wrench into the already difficult transition to using Nationa...
Revenue cycle executives for healthcare organizations are focusing their attention on improving patient collections, according to a recent survey of finance executives.The survey, released Mo...
To reduce the burden of ensuring accurate insurance payments for physician services, the American Medical Association has unveiled its first National Health Insurer Report Card on claims processing....
Medical Present Value, Inc. of Austin, Texas has announced that three academic groups with 1,700 physicians – Seattle-based University of Washington Physicians, the Columbia, SC-based Uni...
A report issued Friday by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission came down strongly in the corner of increasing the role of primary care and the use of incentives and punishments to increase the eff...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Pinnacle Business Solutions, Inc. (PBSI) a contract of up to five years for combined administration of Part A and Part B Medicare cla...
More than one in four adult Americans without medical insurance have a mental illness or substance use disorder, or both, and are neglected by state healthcare initiatives for the uninsured, says a re...
A series of blows and counter-blows in the Senate killed all chances this week of a Medicare payment fix getting off the ground. With less than three weeks left to block the mandated payment...