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InstaMed receives investment from U.S. Bank Philadelphia-based InstaMed has received an equity investment from the Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank as part of its third round of funding....
NEW ORLEANS – Demolished hospital facilities, an exodus of healthcare workers and a skyrocketing number of people requiring urgent care are part of the legacy of havoc that Hurricane Katrina dro...
ANN ARBOR, MI – Some 62 percent of CIOs responding to a recent survey said their facilities are not planning to offer physicians medical record software or supporting services....
KANSAS CITY, MO – The Cerner Corp. is changing the landscape of organizations that provide healthcare payment cards as it expands its health plan ID and payment card outside its enterprise....
CMS proposes pay increase for nursing homes The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a $690 million increase in Medicare payments to nursing homes for fiscal year 2...
WASHINGTON – A bleak report on the long-term financial health of Medicare issued by the program’s federal trustees signals a pending collapse of the payment structure used to reimburse phy...
WASHINGTON – Changes in Medicare contained in a massive proposed federal rule will result in nearly $25 billion in reductions in hospital payments over five years, a national advocacy group is c...
LONG BEACH, CA – The aging of the Baby Boomers, and their growing health needs, will trickle down to affect hospitals and other healthcare providers in the next two decades, a new report predict...
BOSTON – The inability of pay-for-performance programs to effectively motivate physician quality improvement efforts may be the result of designs that are too generic and stingy. But even...
WASHINGTON – Provider reimbursements calculated under the fee-for-service methodology have been the subject of industry-wide disdain for a variety of reasons related to physician risk, the high...