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WASHINGTON - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is continuing to reduce erroneous payments for Medicare services, although it's still struggling to overcome insufficient documentation errors...
WASHINGTON – Laws that require employers to provide health insurance to employees are likely to reduce employment for low-wage workers, according to a study. Small busine...
WASHINGTON – After a decade of legislative attempts to bring true parity to mental health, Congress is poised to pass a bill that has teeth, when compared to its 1996 predecessor....
WASHINGTON – Contributions to healthcare organizations increased to nearly $8 billion in 2006, but that growth in giving didn't equal the amount of growth the previous year. Accord...
Retail clinic revenue to hit $4.5 billion by 2011 Retail medical clinics could realize revenues of nearly $4.5 billion by 2011, according to a new report by market research firm Kalorama...
PHILADELPHIA — Operating costs rose faster than revenue in many medical group practices in 2006, according to two surveys released at the 2007 Annual Conference of the Medical Group Manageme...
NEW GLOUCESTER, MAINE - Healthcare Finance News, the business newspaper for healthcare financial managers, has added a new editor to its award-winning team of journalists. E...
CLEVELAND, OH – Home medical equipment providers have long feared that a competitive bidding plan for Medicare Part B supplies will destroy the infrastructure of the homecare support system....
Benchmarking experts say the practice of using performance yardsticks has been around the healthcare industry for at least 20 years – long enough for it to gain traction, assimilate into the...
DURHAM, NC – Duke University Health System is using a new patient portal to improve customer service and help patients keep up with financial balances and pay bills. As of Septembe...