Journals By Industry - Medicare

Peters brings more than 25 years of health care experience in marketing, market access and reimbursement, and business development positions. Most recently, Peters was vice president of US payers and national accounts, corporate...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has breathing space until May 31 through one of President Barack Obama's last actions of 2011 on Dec. 23. But it remains unclear whether the latest extension...

Byline: Bob Quick The latest from Santa Fe Olive Oil is that the business is celebrating its one-and-one-half year occupancy of its downtown location, 116 Don Gaspar Ave. The business offers what a...

Mayor Steve Bach sent the Colorado Springs City Council a letter this week, outlining his vision for the way the negotiations to lease Memorial Health System should proceed. Bach, first of all, wants...

Nassau Guidance and Counseling Services, a nonprofit that operates a mental health clinic in Hicksville, is seeing rising demand amid a tough economy and financial meltdowns. But if more demand typically translates into...

Colorado's hospitals are expecting a legislative session with few health care bills -- but that doesn't mean they don't have some concerns. Rep. Marsha Looper has filed a bill that seeks to repeal...

The son of a nursing home patient who died after falling down a staircase while strapped in her wheelchair has been awarded $200 million against a Florida facility. 92-year-old Elvira Nunziata was able...

-- Test Associated with Changes in Treatment Management in 65% of Patients with Difficult-to-Diagnose Cancers -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Pathwork Diagnostics, Inc., a pioneer in creating genomics-based diagnostics in oncology utilizing their...

After years in which the federal government warned doctors about the antitrust risks in sharing billing data or cooperating for financial reasons, it is now encouraging them to band together in clinical initiatives....

Hospitals establish proven standards of care that outpace national averages to bend the cost curve and improve healthcare quality CHARLOTTE, N.C. & WASHINGTON -- In three years, 157 hospitals participating in the Premier...

TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Cambridge Heart, Inc. (OTCBB: CAMH), a developer of non-invasive diagnostic tests for cardiac disease, today announced that on January 17, 2012 it completed an initial closing of a private placement...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Premier healthcare alliance today announced new agreements for furniture and systems, casegoods, seating and accessories have been awarded to Chromcraft of Senatobia, Miss.; Durfold Corporation of Jackson, Miss., a...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3b0760/public_opinion_on) has announced the addition of the "Public Opinion on Medicare and US Health Insurance on Social Media" report to their offering. Need hard data on what consumers...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Summit Reinsurance Services, Inc. (Summit Re) is pleased to announce the addition of Vice President and Lead Reinsurance Underwriter Shaun Peterson to its executive staff. Shaun joins the Summit...

PITTSBURGH -- Compliance Assurance Corporation ("CAC") has announced that the Great American Insurance Group has selected Comply On Demand Enterprise[TM] (CODE[TM]) to mitigate enterprise-wide regulatory risks. Under the agreement, Great American will utilize...

ATLANTA -- Horizon Software International (www.horizonsoftware.com), the leader in K-12 food service technology and online account management, has been awarded a three-year national group purchasing contract with the Premier healthcare alliance. Premier will...

Multi-state organization partners with NextGen[TM] Practice Solutions to institute best practice revenue cycle processes through quick implementation of NextGen[R] Practice Management across its enterprise HORSHAM, Pa. -- NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- SCAN Health Plan announced today the appointment of business executive Francesca Ruiz de Luzuriaga to its board of directors. SCAN is the nation's fourth largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plan...

PHOENIX -- Administrative burdens and limits on reimbursement are among the obstacles keeping hospitals from choosing to implement potentially lifesaving telemedicine programs, according to a study published in the January/February issue of Telemedicine...