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RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ – Long known for its background in imaging and radiology solutions, Agfa HealthCare is entering the American EMR market with the launch of its ORBIS platform at Sampson Regio...
WASHINGTON – Upon delivering its 2007 report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) prompted reactions from healthcare industry stakeholders eager to weigh in on how Cong...
MARIETTA, GA – An initiative of the Medical Banking Project aims to develop a common medical banking platform in the next year to support a growing range of healthcare financial transactions....
LOS ANGELES – A coalition of California health insurers that last year paid $55 million to physician groups for reaching quality care measures in a pay-for-performance program has added care eff...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have announced plans for reporting physician performance to Medicare beneficiaries. CMS plans to make the public reports by combini...
Congress urged to reject Medicare, Medicaid cuts Some 223 representatives signed a letter in March asking the House Budget Committee to reject more than $100 billion in cuts to hosp...
Nearly one-third of Americans are intolerant of inaccuracy greater than 5 percent when it comes to physician performance ratings, a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change suggests....
WASHINGTON – With the deadline for implementing national provider identifiers about a month away, calls are growing for the government to soften its stance on switching to the numbers on May 23....
NEW ORLEANS – Mapping out prospective savings in specific service lines has helped Salem (Ore.) Hospital executives make the case for a significant deployment of information technology....
It was an interesting experience to be a healthcare “insider” in a room full of people trying to figure out how they can fit into the healthcare industry. Maybe “inside...