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Employers with self-funded health plans have a common enemy: The emergency room.

Using a credit card scanner in a hospital is great for buying flowers from the gift shop or lunch in the cafeteria, but it isn’t as easy when used to pay bills.

The community pharmacy may be an enduring and endearing image of rural America, offering everything from prescription medications to milk to sunglasses, but its ability to handle the complex needs of a residential home or senior housing complex leaves something to be desired.

In the current healthcare environment, hospitals need to capture every dollar from their payers, and as quickly as possible.

Those keeping watch over the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program say the audits haven’t been as bad as was originally feared.

Hospitals are falling short of the Joint Commission's language access requirements for patients with limited English, according to a new report.

Two Pennsylvania Congressmen – from opposite sides of the aisle – have filed a bill seeking to eliminate a competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment that has frustrated providers and consumers.

The number of veterans receiving VA healthcare and benefits now stands at a record 8.4 million and is projected to hit 8.6 million by 2012, according to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of physicians are scammed by their own patients every year.

Facing continued public outcry and pressure from the California Department of Insurance, two of the state's largest health insurers have scaled back or eliminated their plans to raise rates in 2011.