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By Chip Means | 01:00 am | July 02, 2007
The backlash of deferring a 5 percent cut to physicians' 2007 Medicare reimbursements was felt for the first time Monday, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a 10 percent cut in p...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | July 02, 2007
It's hard to imagine a healthcare delivery model in which pricing reflects the costs of care. One health system announced at HFMA's ANI 2007 the results of its attempts to better align these problemat...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | June 28, 2007
Scott & White Health Plan, a not-for-profit, state certified Health Maintenance Organization in central Texas, has successfully deployed Krytpiq’s new Choreo Contract Manager. Sott & White offic...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | June 28, 2007
Most Massachusetts residents support a new law effective July 1 that requires everyone in the state to have health insurance, a recent study shows. The findings sh...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | June 27, 2007
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger touted his state’s collaboration between Democrat and Republican lawmakers as key to creating healthcare reform that will be a model for other states and th...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 27, 2007
Hospitals probably will be rushing to get ready for the significant changes expected to be included in the government’s final rule for Medicare’s inpatient prospective payment system....
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | June 27, 2007
New approaches to enticing hospitals and physicians to collaborate on incentives for cost-saving were discussed by experts this week at HFMA's ANI 2007. The dile...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | June 26, 2007
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) should be taken into account along with costs and evidence of value, if it has any hope of lowering healthcare costs, experts say. A Web exclusive int...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | June 26, 2007
At the Healthcare Financial Management Association's  Annual National Institute, Gen. Colin Powell urged healthcare finance executives to step up to leadership in his Monday keynote talk....
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | June 26, 2007
Providers can save a lot of money, time and other resources if their administrative systems are preconfigured for their facilities before they're delivered. Basing those systems on best practices for...