Construction has begun on a new 60-bed replacement facility for Highland Community Hospital in Picayune, Miss., according to a Hattiesburg American report.
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At the end of this month, Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors will begin oversight of clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups as the RAC program expands to Medicare Part C and D, according to Robert Michel at Dark Daily Clinical Pathology…
The following is an excerpt of a white paper by LexisNexis. To download the complete white paper, click here.For healthccare providers, their biggest asset — their employees — can also be their biggest liability. The ability to provide quality healthcare…
Margaret Dowling, vice president and product team manager for PNC Healthcare, a division of PNC Bank, shares her company's seven tips to increase collection of co-pays and improve your revenue cycle.
California Medical Association and AARP have launched a campaign to persuade Congress to vote to prevent Medicare cuts that would force many physicians to stop accepting senior citizen patients, according to a California Medical Association news release.
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Arizona hospitals are preparing for cuts from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state's Medicaid program, according to an Arizona Republic report.
Physician assistants, radiologic technologists and lab technicians are all predicted to be some of the best healthcare careers in 2011, according to a U.S. News & World Report study.
St. Anthony’s Hospital in Chicago is planning a unique $250 million replacement campus — a plan that, if approved, would require $45 million in tax-increment-financing subsidies from the city, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report. The new campus, which would…
Beginning in January 2012, New York City will begin charging private hospitals as much as $1 million a year for ambulances dispatched by the city’s 911 system, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The fee was approved by Mayor…
The incoming GOP chair of the House Oversight and Reform committee is considering directing CMS to assess the cost effectiveness of medical devices, alleging unnecessary use of orthopedic implants, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.