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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...
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...
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...
WASHINGTON – Hospitals are slowly showing interest in implementing electronic health records among physicians. In the five months since new provisions enabling technology don...
SAN FRANCISCO – Community health centers can gain significant quality benefits from the use of electronic health records, but these benefits do not cover the costs of going paperless, reported a...
Contributed by Fred Bazzoli and Chip Means PLANO, TX – With another of the nation’s largest hospital chains announcing a multi-billion dollar buyout last month,...
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...
NEW YORK – Coordination of care among providers could be improved if financial incentives were properly aligned, recent research suggests. “Although accountable for tr...
RECENT LEGISLATIVE activity on healthcare issues in Washington has focused heavily on oversight and disagreement over spending. It’s hard to say which came first....