CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which serves some 3.2 million people in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia, plans to launch a program Jan. 1, 2011, that would reward physicians with bonuses for decreasing patients' healthcare expenses and improving quality, according to…
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The CMS Office of Legislation has released a document explaining some basic facts about accountable care organizations, new umbrella groups of providers to receive extra payments for coordinating inpatient and outpatient care under health reform.
Returning from a 10-day break today, Congress will have a difficult time passing a physician fee-fix and other pressing spending measures because of the public's growing uneasiness about the federal deficit, according to a report by the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Four alternatives to malpractice lawsuits could be tested using $50 million in funds from the health reform law and $25 million from an earlier initiative, according to a report by American Medical News.
New Orleans-based orthopedic surgeon Windsor Dennis, MD, has been sentenced to one year of home confinement and ordered to pay $750,000 in restitution for defrauding the federal workers' compensation program, according to a report by WXVT News.
Three New York City ambulance companies — Metropolitan Ambulance & First Aid (now known as SEZ Metro Corp), Metro North Ambulance (now known as SEZ North Corp.) and Big Apple Ambulance Service — have paid the United States $2.85 million…
John Cleary, a former employee of Boston-based Partners Healthcare, was sentenced to one year in prison and one year probation for his role in accepting kickbacks from a software vendor in exchange for contracts with the health system, according to…
McKesson has announced the Connect-Rx software Release 7.1, which provides improved functionality for the company's AcuDose-Rx medication dispensing cabinets and Anesthesia-Rx medication carts and includes increases in charge capture, expanded restocking capabilities for pharmacies, improved medication availability for nursing and…
Live endoscopy demonstrations, or courses that include demonstrations of endoscopic techniques in real time, can provide valuable educational opportunities, but can also raise questions regarding patient safety and ethics, according to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. To address these…
The healthcare sector added 8,000 jobs in May for total seasonally adjusted employment of 13.73 million, but some areas saw slight declines during the month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.