Healthcare revenue solutions firm Craneware has updated its Supplies ChargeLink solution with an automated search function that can allow hospital financial staff members research and identify the newest codes for high-cost supplies.
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West Orange, N.J.-based Barnabas Health has linked with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state's largest health insurer, for an accountable care organization.
Patients with low socioeconomic status enrolled in a high-deductible health plan may skip needed emergency care due to high out-of-pocket costs, which may lead to higher rates of hospitalization, according to a study in Health Affairs.
Pascagoula, Miss.-based Singing River Health System is renovating and expanding its Ocean Springs (Miss.) Hospital and its Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula, according to a Sun Herald report.
SSM Health Care-St. Louis announced that it will open a third urgent care center in Brentwood, Mo.
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Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente announced that it has opened the Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro, Ore.
A new bill introduced in the Senate would create Medicare and Medicaid benefit for providers who provide a voluntary, structured discussion about treatment options and preferences for seriously ill patients.
Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, is preparing to open new wings after two-and-a-half years of construction, according to a report from the New Bern Sun Journal.
Daytona Beach-based Florida Hospital is planning an outpatient center in New Smyrna Beach, according to a report from The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Negaunee, Mich.-based Bell Teal Lake Hospital's family medicine clinic moved to a stand-alone facility that opened Monday, according to a report from The Mining Journal.