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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
Credit card options made available for physicians An Irvine, Calif.-based information vendor has updated its database of more than 600,000 physician offices to include information...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
STAMFORD, CT – As the deadline to start using national provider identifiers approaches, essential information for implementing the identifiers still hasn’t been released by the government....
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO – Three hospitals are expected to soon implement a new approach to delivering primary care, testing a concept projected to provide cost-effective options for insurers and reduced h...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
The concept of a regional health information organization is one that’s difficult to oppose. What healthcare organization wouldn’t want to have a data-sharing organization in place th...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
WASHINGTON – A study released Jan. 4 by the Center for Studying Health System Change shows that physicians are still predominantly paid for productivity rather than quality. The s...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
OREM, UT – In a recent survey conducted by the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the top three capital investments now being undertaken by hospitals are information technology-related...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
IRVINE, CA – SK&A Information Services has just made released its “Physician Office Credit Card Acceptance Data” file, which includes data on more than 600,000 office-based physician...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
Emily Bowen, Contributing Writer PLANTATION, FL – With hospitals receiving set payments for providing care, getting patients into the most appropriate care as soon as possible i...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
NEW YORK – A spate of lawsuits questions the findings of a New York state commission that recommends the closing of nine hospitals and changes affecting 48 other facilities....
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 25, 2007
Children’s hospitals ask Congress to save SCHIP Last month, 35 regional coalitions led by children’s hospitals, Catholic hospitals and other healthcare organizations c...