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IT SEEMS MOST EVERYONE is willing to talk about the 800-pound gorilla known as U.S. healthcare spending. But who will really step up and dare to move it? That will likely be the question o...
THERE ARE GOOD WAYS to restrain healthcare spending. And then there are ways that are you don’t even dare mention, not in polite company. This column could be construed as coming...
Officials at Alamance Regional Medical Center report they were able to save $2 million on supplies last year by using a spending analytics tool that allowed physicians to identify savings opport...
Hospital executives are exacting some revenge on payers that they perceive as being difficult to work with. Responses from 113 hospital executives, representing about 500 hospit...
Moving hospitals to a value-based payment system won't be a slam-dunk, according to testimony presented Thursday in a Senate Finance Committee roundtable meeting. According to a repor...
The federal government should "make broad changes" to ensure Medicare's future, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended last week. In its annual report to Congress, M...
The Cathedral Healthcare System has agreed to pay $5.3 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded the federal Medicare program, the Justice Department has announced....
Congressional budget committee leaders are under pressure to reject budget cuts in Medicare and Medicaid expenditures proposed by the Bush administration in its fiscal year 2009 budget plan and overtu...
Five leading physician organizations have launched an e-prescribing push called "Get Connected" that aims at reducing billions of dollars in phone bills. T...
A large financial services company that's playing a role in electronic healthcare transactions is taking on a new name and hoping to become a one-stop destination for individuals navigating the nation...