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ORLANDO, FL – To the estimated 6,000 community oncologists nationwide, the concept of “shopping” doesn’t mean heading over to the mall to buy a new shirt or visiting the g...
PSS World Medical, Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla. has announced that it has made a $22.5 million equity investment, approximately 5 percent of current outstanding shares, in athen...
MALVERN, PA – In an effort to reduce the tens of billions of dollars lost each year in medical fraud and billing errors, Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced a “smart card”...
WASHINGTON – Healthcare IT adoption may be painful, but the fruits are well worth it, according to Brent James, MD, vice president of medical research and executive director of the Institut...
Medicare officials this week announced a new effort to combat fraudulent billing in two areas of the country that are considered hotbeds of bilking the public program. Dur...
WASHINGTON – Interest is growing in a new concept of providing care that puts an emphasis on primary care and changes the dynamics for how care is financed. The Patient-Centered...
CHICAGO – With the distribution of national provider identifer numbers expected to occur this month, provider organizations are registering protests about the release of data. Last mo...
NEW YORK – Federal funding for a program to cover children who don’t have health insurance runs out in three months. Most states – even those experiencing funding shortfalls –...
WASHINGTON – A coalition of large employers has proposed a standardized approach for delivering health and retirement benefits. The ERISA Industry Committee unveiled its New B...
More companies boosting employee health incentives Companies are increasingly implementing health and disease management programs for their employees, a survey of 242 major U.S. e...