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Pay for performance is not a trial program, as far as the federal government is concerned. According to the head of the federal P4P, Thomas Valuck, MD, director of t...
The number of companies participating in President Bush's plan for value-driven healthcare has skyrocketed from 175 in January to more than 775. Department of Health and Huma...
Many patients who report that they have been affected by malpractice or medical errors haven't had their lives jeopardized by medical professionals, but instead are upset about service delivery proble...
Perceptive Software of Shawnee, Kan. has announced that Orlando Regional Healthcare in Florida has deployed the company's ImageNow document management suite in its accounts payable de...
PA. PROVIDER BUYS HOUSTON HEALTH SYSTEM FOR $49M Select Medical Corp of Pennsylvania, a leading provider of specialty healthcare, has purchased Nexus Health Systems of Houston, a pr...
NEW YORK – A coalition of medical and advocacy groups is pushing for laws in 20 states that would require health insurers to provide colon screenings. Colonoscopies would hel...
WASHINGTON – Criticized for allowing Medicare providers to abuse the tax system to the tune of more than $1.3 billion, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is answering back....
DENVER - In a move expected to reduce physicians’ administrative workloads, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed into law a bill to make the language in payer-provider contracts more transparent...
WASHINGTON – At a March hearing, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reported that Medicare is overpaying Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by an average of 112 percent....
AHA ASKS CMS FOR HOSPITAL INPUT ON MAC SELECTION The American Hospital Association is asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow hospitals and other providers to par...