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The benefits and problems employers and insurers face in the growing industry of medical tourism will be addressed at the International Medical Tourism Conference (TIMTC), to be held in Las Vegas from...
At a House subcommittee hearing last week, Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), said it is time for a permanent fix for the Medicare fee-for-service physician payment system before healthcare for sen...
An initiative of the Medical Banking Project is aiming to develop a common medical banking platform in the next year to support a growing range of healthcare financial transactions....
CHATTANOOGA, TN – By the end of March, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee expects to deploy a suite of Web-based applications to five pilot providers. Implementation o...
DAYTON, OH – While e-prescribing initiatives are becoming more prevalent, the Anthem National Accounts pilot involving approximately 100 physicians in Dayton and Youngstown, Ohio eschews a healt...
Consorta members can get food service software Hospitals belonging to Consorta Inc., a Schaumburg, Ill.-based group purchasing organization, will receive discounted pricing on sof...
IN MID-JANUARY, Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates reported that it expects to record $200 million in bad debt expense in the fourth quarter due to an increase in self-paying patients....
The development of a new tool for measuring return on investment in hospital-based pay-for- performance (P4P) programs has been announced by the Leapfrog Group, HSM Group and Discern Consulting....
THE RECENT DISCLOSURE that The HealthTrust Purchasing Group and Consorta are pooling their procurement power is prompting speculation about whether this is a sign that consolidation among group purcha...
CLEVELAND – In unity there is strength – and savings – for University Hospitals. The 11-hospital chain moved to a unified approach for ordering supplies and was able...