Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
The American Medical Association is calling on the business community to help it fight administrative waste in healthcare. A root cause of the $200 billion a year problem, says AMA President Cecil B. Wilson, MD, is lack of standardization.
Despite evidence indicating doctors are doing worse this year compared to last, job satisfaction has increased, with doctors citing new technology as a contributing factor, according to a new survey.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted model language designed to provide guidance to individual states establishing health insurance exchanges as required under health reform.
MedeAnalytics, a provider of healthcare performance management solutions such as on-demand analytics, announced Wednesday the launch of its new accountable care organization solution, alongside an ACO resource center for provider and payer organizations.
As it seeks to expand its suite of clinical solutions for unified patient information management (UPIM), NaviNet, the biggest healthcare communications network in the country, has acquired Prematics, a provider of mobile care management solutions.
A hospital in Illinois known as "Good Sam," and a healthcare consulting group in Florida, are among the seven 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winners. Information technology is at the core of the operations for both winners.
Two recognizable names in revenue cycle management are joining forces. MedAssets, an Alpharetta, Ga.-based provider of supply chain management solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire The Broadlane Group for roughly $850 million in cash.
Four months after Intuit, the maker of small business-focused financial software, announced its acquisition of Medfusion, a maker of front- and back-office software for improving patient-to-provider communications, the merger has completed, with Intuit's Quicken Health Group combining with Medfusion to become Intuit Health.
Cerner this week announced robust financial results for the second quarter, reporting strong bookings, revenue, earnings and cash flow.
A healthcare price-comparison startup started by the founder of RelayHealth and the co-founder of athenahealth has raised $60 million in funding, including an investment from the Cleveland Clinic.