Uninsured and underinsured patients who cannot afford lab tests may benefit from a service that provides cheaper tests online, according to a CNN report.
Leadership & Management
Bob Kelleher, CEO and founder of the Employee Engagement Group and author of Louder Than Words: 10 Practical Employee Engagement Steps That Drive Results, says employee engagement is intricately linked to organizational success, but that it shouldn't be mistaken for…
Franklin, Tenn.-based IASIS Healthcare announced its net revenue for the year ended September 30, totaled $2.5 billion, an increase of 6.8 percent, compared to $2.4 billion in the prior year, according to an IASIS news release.
When RAC contractors start complex reviews of Medicare Part B claims, they will likely hit practices in a weak spot, physicians' use of CPT modifier -25, according to a report by the RAC Monitor.
An HHS official said the Medicare Advantage program, the managed care program that is up for payment cuts, has failed to meet its goal of providing care at lower costs than Medicare fee-for-service, according to a report by the Albany…
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A new study shows $26.7 billion in budget shortfalls in 15 states midway through the fiscal year, and states are likely to be careful with spending for at least several more years, according to a report by the Wall Street…
Kelley Blair, vice president of professional services at Craneware, identifies five key sources of revenue leakage.
A new study comparing payments by Medicare and private insurers for healthcare services in Texas posits that utilization management for Medicare may not be as strict as for private payors, according to a release by Health Affairs.
Hospitals reported 8,000 payroll additions in November and 42,200 so far in 2010, doubling the jobs created in the same time period last year, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
CMS has awarded nine North Shore-LIJ Health System hospitals more than $814,000 through its national pay-for-performance Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration project, according to a system news release.