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Surveys of specialties show revenue/cost variations Recent surveys by the Medical Group Management Association show physician group practices battling rising costs in cardiology and ort...
EXPERTS BOTH ON AND OFF CAPITOL HILL say healthcare will be key in the upcoming election year. Among the most hotly debated issues is reform and how to insure the uninsured – a to...
FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE Newt Gingrich and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) have added their voices to the call for electronic prescribing. Kerry is among the sponsors of bipartisan legislation...
WASHINGTON – Long-term care groups are concerned about the conflicting pressures of increasing calls for quality and declining reimbursements. Nursing home organizations were hopin...
RETURN ON PATIENT DOLLARS is where all the money is for providers, according to Elizabeth Woodcock, a speaker, author and consultant. Insurance follow up on claims that are denied, however, is a huge...
Chicago-based Allscripts has announced the purchase of the Extended Care Information Network, also of Chicago, for approximately $90 million. ECIN provides hospital care management and discharg...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed regulation on Monday that would help qualifying low-income individuals get assistance in paying their premiums for the Medicare prescr...
Researchers at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) and the University of Memphis Center for Healthcare Technology have taken a lead from the military on an innovative way to explore how to boost nur...
Despite the criticism the federal government has taken on the fledgling Medicare prescription drug program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced last week that it anticipates smooth...
Physicians now have until Feb. 15 to decide whether they will participate in the nation's Medicare program. The new cutoff date gives practices an additional 45 days beyond the original deadline of De...