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Fair Isaac Corp. introduces new SCDM solution The Fair Isaac Corporation of Minneapolis has unveiled a new State Compliance Decision Manager solution, designed to help pharmaceuti...
DENISON, TX – Software applications often don’t achieve predicted results and sometimes frustrate users. That wasn’t the case at Texoma Medical Center. Its three...
A 2006 REPORT that indicates there are more emergencies than necessary in the nation’s emergency departments has hospitals looking to automation to clean up the process – and the bottom li...
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania is licensing a service that will securely send members' health and healthcare finance information to electronic devices, including PDAs and cell phones....
Contributed by Jamie Cleverley Several months ago, I was in San Diego for a presentation on hospital pricing. One of the primary discussions involved California’s higher relativ...
BJACKSONVILLE, FL – Hoping to duplicate success with its two Georgia plans, a national carrier is implementing its automated payment process system for its Ohio plans. The...
students, physicians lobby Congress on uninsured Congress saw students, physicians and other healthcare industry stakeholders lobby for expanded coverage during the American Med...
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,...
The current Medicare physician payment formula is "fatally flawed" and should be replaced with one that better reflects the reality of practice cost increases, say doctors, congressional advisors, law...
A program that provides financial incentives to hospitals that meet quality of care standards has been financially restructured and extended three years by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic...