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By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | May 22, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched the first national print advertising campaign focused on the quality of care available in hospitals.The ads, placed by Centers for Med...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | May 22, 2008
As the government prepares to roll out a program in 10 markets for medical equipment suppliers to bid on Medicare contracts, witnesses at a Congressional hearing expressed concern about the next stage...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | May 21, 2008
Jewish Home Lifecare, one of the oldest and largest nonprofit, long-term care and rehabilitation systems in New York State, has inked a deal to upgrade its revenue cycle management processes....
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | May 21, 2008
Beginning this July, the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, or CCLM, will offer all incoming students full tuition scholarships.CCLCM was formed i...
By John Andrews | 01:00 am | May 21, 2008
THERE IS PERHAPS no more nebulous word in the English language than “quality.” Not only does it have multiple meanings and a subjective character, but it’s also inherently abstract a...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | May 20, 2008
Skaggs Community Health Center, a 165-bed, not-for-profit, community-owned hospital and health center, plans to implement software to help it enhance its human resources capabilities and improve integ...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | May 20, 2008
Despite growing concern from the durable medical equipment industry and Congress, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken the next step in its plan to implement a bidding process to...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | May 20, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has expanded its transparency initiative into Maine by providing its members with Anthem Care Comparison, an online tool that calculates total estimated costs associa...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | May 19, 2008
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has inked a $179 million, seven-year contract with Unisys. The Blue Bell, Pa-based technology company will provide a new Medicaid Management Informati...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | May 19, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services want to test whether an approach of bundling payment for both hospital and physician services will work.CMS last week outlined a planned de...