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WASHINGTON – Both the public and private sectors took steps last month to test the concept that keeping employees healthy will save money on healthcare. In Washington, two...
PORTLAND, ME – Maine physicians stand to lose about $27 million in Medicare reimbursements by 2016 – a relatively low figure compared to the losses pending in other states. New York, for i...
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS are heating up along with the summer weather and healthcare is definitely invited to the garden party. But, experts say, this doesn’t mean healthcare will necessarily...
WASHINGTON – Advocacy groups are applauding Rep. Pete Stark’s (D-Calif.) proposal to protect Medicare beneficiaries from marketing practices that he deems “propaganda.”...
Less than a month after withdrawing its request for a proposed initial public offering of common stock, Picis, Inc. explained that decision with a new financing agreement and a purchase that moves the...
Reps. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) introduced a bill July 24 to protect rural pharmacies from potential financial disaster. Medicaid reim...
Healthcare costs are not just a major concern in the United States, according to a report published in Health Affairs. Healthcare is responsible for annually driving more than 150 million people world...
British banking and healthcare firm Misys plc has announced the sale of two segments of its American-based healthcare unit to focus on the ambulatory care market. The c...
Indianapolis-based Zotec Partners, which provides medical billing services and licensed software to hospital-based physician specialty practices, has announced its merger with...
Providers should not procrastinate using National Provider Identifiers, according to speakers at Thursday's Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange NPI Forum....