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SAN DIEGO – A financial services firm and a healthcare services and technology company are partnering to offer an integrated set of claim and payment processing solutions and plan to targ...

Contributed by John R. Boettiger and Jennifer Harris Smith Valuation professionals are frequently retained to help clients evaluate whether physician compensation agreements adhere to st...

CARMICHAEL, CA – A study of primary care physicians practicing complementary and alternative medicine has shown greater reduction of clinical utilization and cost than primary care physicians us...

AHA weighs in on rehab facility PPS, 75 percent rule The American Hospital Association is urging regulatory action on the “75 percent rule” in the proposed rule for th...

Outside forces are shaping how healthcare organizations are managing their revenue cycles. Regulation changes and the consumer-directed healthcare movement are the main agents of change....

WASHINGTON – Healthcare IT adoption may be painful, but the fruits are well worth it, according to Brent James, MD, vice president of medical research and executive director of the Institut...

Physicians in academic settings make less money than those in private practices. And although university-based physicians tend to treat patients with higher levels of acuity, a new study confirms that...

Call center experience could cost customers A recent study showed that 61 percent of customers who have a bad experience with a call center of an insurance company are at risk of...

Contributed by Ron Rittenmeyer The power in technology is not the technology itself. The power in technology is taking your business and making it better than anyone could have ever conside...

WASHINGTON – The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recently urged Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt and refine various methodologies for determining provider...