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One of the most significant - and hotly debated - parts of the new health care reform law is scheduled to come into effect on the first day of 2011. It's one that's likely to impact insurers, employers, and individual consumers.
Health Language, Inc. (HLI), a maker of medical terminology management software, and HCL Technologies, a global IT services provider based in India, have joined forces to put HLI's Language Engine to work as part of HCL's end-to-end ICD-10 conversion solution.
Questionable medical claims referred to the National Insurance Crime Bureau totaled 28,553 in 2009, a 10 percent increase over 2008's 25,945 claims.
Some of the first significant elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) go into effect today, and a number of articles provide details of the changes.
A-Life Medical, the San Diego-based computer-assisted coding company, is the newest firm to be brought into the Ingenix fold. The acquisition follows a strategic alliance formed between the two companies last year.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday proposed new rules to help fight waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The Association of Northern California Oncologists (ANCO) recently selected Via Oncology Pathways as a preferred pathways option for its nearly 400 members.
In the wake of healthcare reform, provider-owned health plans are under financial pressure, but a new study indicates providers are still interested in creating or acquiring health plans.
Prematics and Navinet have joined forces, with Navinet's real-time healthcare communications network enabling delivery of the Prematics care communication solutions to mobile devices – offering docs access to administrative, clinical and fina
The healthcare industry is undergoing a transformation of historic proportions. Our task is to reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of care. The industry is not short on ideas aimed at accomplishing this feat, but determining which initiatives will prove effective is a challenge.