Michigan Health Connect announced it has partnered with eHealth Technologies for the delivery of medical images in full diagnostic quality to its member hospitals.
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In a Physicians Practice article, Marisa Torrieri discusses how technology can sometimes take away from the physician-patient relationships, and she also lays out technology etiquette tips that providers can follow to ensure that technology remains an asset and not a…
The Wall Street Journal today reports on one of the impacts on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that should have been viewed by all as the most expected repercussion — lower commercial reimbursements to physicians.
Forty-four percent of physicians said they do not plan to participate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges, according to new survey results from Jackson & Coker.
The producer price index for acute-care hospitals increased 1.2 percent between October 2012 and October 2013, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
An estimated 2.4 million Americans aged 19 to 34 will be newly eligible for Medicaid in states that expand their programs in 2014, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report.
Nine out of 10 hospitals participating in the American Hospital Association's RacTrac survey experienced Medicare recovery auditor, or RAC, activity in the third quarter of 2013, consistent with second quarter findings.
HHS plans to delay the start of enrollment for the second year of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaces by one month, according to a Politico report.
Under increasing pressure to cut costs while coordinating care and improving quality, hospitals and health systems have been merging at a rapid rate.
Valparaiso, Ind.-based Porter Health Care System announced that orthopedic surgeon Michael Leland, MD, has completed his 700th anterior hip replacement surgery at Porter Regional Hospital in Valparaiso, according to a Valpo Life report.