Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the release of a query tool that, as part of ProVation MD for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding, streamlines the collection of quality data for the GI Quality Improvement Consortium Ltd. (GIQuIC) benchmarking initiative.
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mdStrategies, a full service coding company, has announced is has entered into a strategic partnership with Transcription Solutions, a medical transcription services organization.
David T. Grinbergs, DO, FACEP, has joined TeamHealth as president of the emergency medicine division, according to a TeamHealth release.
Patients on blood pressure medication experience lower mortality at 30 days, according to research from Toronto General Hospital reported in Anesthesiology News.
Insurance company Aetna has received permission from Connecticut regulators to reduce premiums on individual polices by an average of 10 percent, starting Sept. 2011, according to an LA Times report.
Health Alliance Medical Plans recently asked a judge for a temporary restraining order to block Illinois' new state health insurance contracts and continue Health Alliance HMO as an option for state employees, retirees and dependents, according to a MySurburbanLife report.
The price of health insurance premiums for Connecticut workers and their families has risen 102 percent since 1999, according to an analysis by the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, reported in The Day.
Four patient safety bills, aimed at increasing transparency at hospitals, are awaiting action, according to a Las Vegas Sun news report.
A motion for dismissal has been denied by a U.S. district court judge, allowing a whistleblower case accusing Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Health Medical Center of Medicare fraud and kickbacks to continue, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report. Halifax’s…
A survey of hospital faculty and residents showed that although they recognize the need to appropriately prescribe medication in order to prevent resistance to antibiotics, they were more likely to blame inappropriate administration to others and not themselves, according to…