Case management, with its standards of practice of patient advocacy and resource stewardship and its role as a liaison between patients, payors and the healthcare team, is in a unique position to support the revenue cycle and bridge the gap…
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Interventional pain management bills in Missouri and Tennessee have made significant legislative progress this year, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
CenTrak, a provider of real-time location systems for healthcare, is now enabling highly accurate Second Generation Infrared RTLS tags.
St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, is the largest health system in the state, and CFO Jeff Taylor has helped transform St. Luke's financial operations from a single-hospital initiative to a five-hospital endeavor with annual operating revenue of more…
Seven acute-care hospitals and health systems have received credit downgrades in the past 30 days, according to a report by HFA Partners.
As patients begin to request price quotes for hospital services more frequently, there may be several advantages to honing in on more efficient patient charge estimates, according to a case study from Craneware (pdf).
Any organization is bound to have three types of employees, although successful organizations will address "cutters" and create an environment that allows all employees to work to their full potential. In a SelectInternational whitepaper, Kevin Klinvex explains the costs and…
Nineteen acute-care hospitals and health systems have issued tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds from May 16 to June 15, according to a report by HFA Partners.
Physicians' satisfaction with their 2011 compensation varied greatly, and roughly one-third of physicians through their income should have been higher, according to a survey from The Medicus Firm.
The Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Payment and Access Commission, or MACPAC, submitted its June 2012 report to Congress, covering a wide array of topics from Medicaid access to the latest Medicaid and CHIP statistics on spending and enrollment.