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JACKSONVILLE, FL – A coordinated effort is under way in Florida to prompt more physicians to use electronic prescribing. The initiative, called ePrescribe Florida, followed a new t...
WASHINGTON – Federal agencies and state and local enforcement personnel have made about 40 arrests in south Florida as part of a recently launched Medicare “strike force” to tar...
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Provider disconnects and inconsistent strategies are undermining U.S. pay-for-performance programs, a survey of healthcare payers reveals.Results of the survey, by Heal...
Despite polls ranking the healthcare crisis second only to the Iraq War as a concern for voters, few presidential candidates have emerged as champions of healthcare reform....
The long-awaited release of standard providers' identification numbers is expected within a month. The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday outlined its plan...
Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, Inc has signed a deal with the Colorado Medical Society, based in Denver, to allow the company's on-demand clinical and revenue-cycle management s...
Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) outlined last Thursday steps for what she says will cut runaway healthcare spending by one third. In a speech last Thursday at...
The federal government is considering lowering the amount of money paid to private fee-for-service Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The House Committee on Ways and Means Subco...
What does it take to successfully build a regional health information organization? It takes flexibility, with privacy and sustainability as key issues near the top of th...
GE Healthcare Financial Services and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) have announced the release of "Healthcare Payment: Goals, Trends and Strategies," the first...