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Professional medical organizations were quick to react to a rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that established a 5 percent reduction in physician payments for 2007....
Three healthcare organizations have developed a Web-based tool to help physicians assess patient safety procedures, with an eye toward reducing practices’ liability exposure....
LACK OF TRAINING LIMITS RETURN ON IT INVESTMENT While nurses appear ready to use healthcare information technology, have only a limited amount of ongoing training. A survey b...
An Indiana company is marketing a new product that it says will save $9 billion to $38 billion over the next 10 years by streamlining the payment collection process for Medicare. Launched i...
Changing coding methodologies remain as contentious and divisive as ever within the healthcare industry. The extent of that division has become more apparent than ever in recent...
Many believe healthcare issues will remain dead in the water despite the change in power ushered in by the 2006 midterm elections. “The short answer is –...
A trade group representing the nation's health insurers is questioning the accuracy of a mid-September report released by the Commonwealth Fund that contends American workers are finding healthcare co...
The Misys Center for Community Health Leadership is now accepting applications from communities for its grant program through the end of the year. Launched this past June by Misys Healthcar...
Major banks continue to see healthcare as a growing business opportunity. In mid-August, Mellon Working Capital Solutions introduced its automated revenue cycle management solution fo...
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is involved in discussions with other payers after announcing a partnership with WellPoint to deliver performance data for WellPoint's pay-for-performance program in m...