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A new trend in using software-as-a-service, or SaaS, can not only help healthcare facilities save money on their software applications, but it can help free up information technology specialists to fo...
A proposed budget increase for the Food and Drug Administration isn't big enough, critics say. The budget proposed by President Bush for fiscal year 2009 would increase the FDA's budget by $13...
Allscripts is teaming up with a Hawaii-based physician management services organization on a new product designed to ease pay-for-performance reporting guidelines for physicians....
According to the American Medical Association, medical liability reforms that put limits on non-economic damages help lower malpractice insurance premiums and increase the number of doctors....
Many physicians still don't know that a policy change that took effect in October allows them to bill Medicare and Medicaid patients for missed appointments, according to the American Academy of Famil...
According to the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid, the projected cost of providing Medicare beneficiaries with a prescription drug benefit through private health plans has come down again, according to...
President Bush's fiscal year 2009 budget request, released to Congress Monday, totals more than $3 trillion, with proposed cuts of $200 billion to Medicare and Medicaid and no plans to address the 10....
Premier Inc. has announced the results of a study on Medicare hospital pay-for-performance, revealing improved quality of care, lower costs and declining patient mortality rates....
In an attempt to further protect Medicare and its beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule to enhance the enrollment standards for durable medical equipme...
The TriZetto Group of Newport Beach, Calif. has announced the limited availability of CareAdvance Medicare, for proactive care management of Medicare members. The software will be sold as an op...