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CMS releases third set of medicare payment ratesPayment information for Medicare services commonly performed in physicians’ offices and hospitals’ outpatien...
Computer Sciences Corp. has signed on to develop an IT data warehouse for Care Focused Purchasing, a not-for-profit entity comprising more than 50 employers and seven national and regional health plan...
Health plans are enjoying healthy profits across the board, reporting robust third quarter earnings. Increased Medicare enrollment, streamlined operations and opportunities in the...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will continue to develop an expanded demonstration project testing a pay-for-performance approach for reimbursing the nation's hospitals.The ini...
The 2006 healthcare bond volume is strong despite significant declines since 2005 - a year that saw record numbers in borrowing for healthcare organizations and $40 billion in issuance. Last year̵...
Quality of care factors will increasingly affect the claims submission and payment process for healthcare providers.The impact of quality will range from coding requirements to the use of inc...
Physicians will be able to evaluate medical processes in terms of patient safety liability with a new Web-based tool developed by the MGMA, Health Research and Educational Trust and the Institute for...
WORTHINGTON, OH – A popular measure of the value that hospitals pour back into their communities suggests that organizations have been able to provide more benefit as profitability increases....
PROVIDERS ARE painfully aware that they pay billions of dollars to support the claims adjudication process. Payers pretty much know the same thing. Well, then, this should be easy. Someone...
Looking to expand on its footprint in the healthcare information field, WebMD Health Corp. has entered into an agreement to buy Subimo, LLC, a provider of healthcare information support applications t...