As healthcare organizations enter 2012 with expectations of reduced reimbursements and ongoing economic challenges, many physicians and administrators are questioning the role and costs of technology and those who manage it within their practices. Pathfinder Advisors’ Matt Podowitz explores how a talented Chief Technology Officer can leverage both existing and new technology both to reduce costs and create value across the entire medical practice. To read the full article, click here or visit www.medicalofficetoday.com.
The end of the first year of Stage 1 of the Medicare hospital electronic health-record incentive program is coming Sept. 30.
The end of the first year of Stage 1 of the Medicare hospital electronic health-record incentive program is coming Sept. 30.
States and households shouldered more responsibility for insurance coverage as the nation's feeble economic recovery continued last year, my colleague Paul Barr reports this week.
Geisinger Health System, recognized outside its home state of Pennsylvania for its cost and quality initiatives, announced plans to acquire a small, money-losing hospital for the second time in less than a year. Why?
The CMS this week published what it described as a proposed rule that I'm calling the "Me First" Lab Rule.
The CMS this week published what it described as a proposed rule that I'm calling the "Me First" Lab Rule.
Free online information did not work as effectively as mail to persuade Medicare patients to comparison shop for prescription drug plans, a new study finds.
