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IRS report finds variations in charity care terms An interim report by the Internal Revenue Service found that while nearly all not-for-profit hospitals provide community benefit, var...
MPV deal helps Denver cardiology clinics Medical Present Value, Inc., an Austin, Texas-based provider of financial tools and services to manage payer contracts and audit reimbursem...
FORT WAYNE, IN – Redesigned processes have helped an Indiana healthcare system accelerate ambulatory care providers’ claims submissions and reduce days in accounts receiveable, thus improv...
WAKEFIELD, MA – Saying the company is “pursuing time-sensitive market opportunities,” Picis, Inc. on July 3 withdrew its 11-month-old request for a proposed initial public offeri...
NEW YORK – Even though credit rating downgrades issued by Moody’s Investor Service are running slightly ahead of upgrades, not-for-profit hospitals financially are very healthy, according...
RALEIGH, NC – The numbers, they say, don’t lie. But can they be used to predict? Predictive modeling, the concept of using data to spot patterns, has been used in fields as diverse...
Contributed By William C. McGinly SPENDING ON HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION in the U.S. is expected to grow to $20 billion annually by 2010 to replace aging infrastructure and accommodate new te...
PHILADELPHIA – When Keystone Mercy Health Plan deployed its EHR pilot to a group of providers and hospital systems with high-volume emergency departments, it wanted to reduce redundant testing a...
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY is being touted as a cost-saving solution in healthcare. Three years ago, President Bush put forward the challenge for everyone to have an electronic health record by 2014 to...
BLOOMSFIELD, CT – Cigna HealthCare is deploying SAS business intelligence so its informatics group can provide in-depth analysis and reporting to its customers, consultants and brokers....