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RALEIGH, NC – One company’s effort to streamline its product offerings has helped another flesh out its portfolio. Misys Healthcare concluded a troubled year on July...
HHS awarding $25 million in emergency care grants Hospitals are eligible to apply for shares of $25 million in grants the Department of Health and Human Services will award for im...
WASHINGTON – After a couple of false starts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was expected to begin disseminating national provider identifier numbers this month on its Web site....
Navicure’s RCM solutions accredited by EHNAC Navicure, an Atlanta-based provider of Web-based revenue cycle management solutions, has received full accreditation from the Elec...
BETHESDA, MD – Ambulatory surgery centers stand to receive less money from Medicare, according to a rule issued in late July by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Medic...
When the landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human revealed that tens of thousands of people die each year from medical errors, the news was not a surprise to the profession, said Elizabeth Summy, executive director of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM).
San Diego-based Premier, Inc. has signed contracts with six healthcare providers who will use the company's SpendAdvisor technology to reduce supply-chain expenses. They are Adventist...
WASHINGTON – Physicians’ Medicare pay would be massively affected if the House’s Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act is signed into law, physician advoc...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced last week that it will begin recruiting for its post acute care payment reform demonstration to improve payments and incentives in the PAC settin...
CHARLOTTE, NC – The Premier Healthcare Alliance is looking for additional supporters as it plans to launch a project to test the viability of a program intended to increase patient safety and he...