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Thousands of lives could be saved with information technology for diabetes management, but a new report suggests that only one form of diabetes IT is cost-effective as well....
If a good compromise leaves both parties unsatisfied, here's to the Senate Finance Committee. Committee Chairmen Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-...
It's time for healthcare organizations to simplify pricing approaches to build up public trust and to take mistrust out of the contracting process. In releasing the latest...
BOCA RATON, FL – Rushed, overworked and generally at odds with the productivity-based pay model. These are common adjectives in primary care. Now, 150 physicians in 16 states are...
WASHINGTON – In its letter last month to top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services, the American Medical Association detailed “serious concerns” about the dis...
WASHINGTON – The Congressional Budget Office has issued a Medicare spending report that provides new insight to the relationship between physician compensation levels and patient volume....
SAN DIEGO – A financial services firm and a healthcare services and technology company are partnering to offer an integrated set of claim and payment processing solutions and plan to targ...
HARRISBURG, PA – A new bill introduced in Pennsylvania’s House would have the state pay the balances of medical students’ loans for graduates who agree to practice medicine in t...
The world of strategic planning in healthcare has become more complex, with concepts such as “scenario planning,” “game theory” and “nonlinear analysis” being discu...
PLANO, TX – Shareholders of Triad Hospitals Inc. last month approved the company’s acquisition by Community Health Systems Inc. Under terms of the merger agreement, Triad shareho...