The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will host a Medicare Fee-for-Service National Provider Call on preparing physicians for ICD-10 implementation on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. EST.
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With 47 million Americans who do not speak English as a primary language, state and federal regulations demand healthcare providers find ways to effectively communicate, according to PhysBizTech.
SourceMedical announced today that the previously publicized investment in SourceMedical by ABRY Partners of Boston has closed. The company has also named Ralph Riccardi as president and CEO.
Five industry professionals weigh in on the best ways to improve coding and billing practices.
Massachusetts has finalized a deal with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to test the agency's capitated financial alignment model for Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible beneficiaries, according to Healthcare Finance News.
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The Obama administration has launched an internal review of electronic health records to determine if they are prompting physicians and hospitals to overbill Medicare, according to The Center for Public Integrity.
The American Health Information Management Association held a convention recently, and healthcare billing, coding and information trends were presented, according to SearchHealthIT.
Chicago-based electronic health record vendor Allscripts hired Richard Poulton as its chief financial officer, according to Healthcare Finance News.
Overall healthcare prices decreased slightly from August to September, falling 0.5 percent, and hospital prices decreased 1 percent, according to Healthcare Finance News.
Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, the company behind such voice control software as Apple's Siri, is expanding into the medical technology industry with two recent acquisitions, according to The Boston Globe.