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By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 25, 2007
After 10 years of operation, athenahealth Inc. has announced plans for an initial public offering of stock. The Watertown, MA-based company announced late Friday that it has fil...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | June 25, 2007
Infocrossing, Inc. of Leonia, N.J. has unveiled RA-Expert, a risk adjustment processing system designed to help health plans create, manage and submit Hierarchical Condition Ca...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 22, 2007
With the distribution of national provider identifier numbers likely to occur next month, provider organizations are registering protests about the release of data Earlier this month, the Am...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | June 22, 2007
Companies are increasingly implementing health and disease management programs for their employees, a survey of 242 major U.S. employers revealed. The survey, conducted by...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | June 20, 2007
Sutter Health has pumped $1 million into the California Regional Health Information Organization, known as CalRHIO. The grant is part of a multi-million-dollar commitment by the healthcare system to f...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | June 19, 2007
Louisville, Ky.-based SHPS, a provider of health advocacy and health benefits solutions, has announced an expanded agreement with The EPOCH Group, one of the nation's largest third pa...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 18, 2007
Responding to concerns that private fee-for-service plans for Medicare are not being accurately marketed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a suspension in marketing for the p...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | June 18, 2007
Healthcare IT standards organization HL7 released today a functional profile for the Legal Electronic Health Record System. HL7 leaders say the new profile will help healthcare organizations reduce co...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | June 14, 2007
A new bill introduced in Pennsylvania's House would make the state pay medical students' loan debt for graduates who agree to practice medicine in the state for 10 years....
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | June 14, 2007
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission this week urged Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt and refine various methodologies for determining provider reimbursements and...