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Health Alliance Plan automates contract management

 Bernie Monegain October 17, 2008
The Health Alliance Plan has standardized, automated and streamlined its hospital provider contracting with new technology.The health plan purchased McKesson's Contract Symphony, a suite of c...
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AMA reveals new health insurer report card

 Molly Merrill June 17, 2008
To reduce the burden of ensuring accurate insurance payments for physician services, the American Medical Association has unveiled its first National Health Insurer Report Card on claims processing....
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Vendor Notebook - MPV to supply contract management for three doc groups

 Healthcare Finance News Staff June 16, 2008
Medical Present Value, Inc. of Austin, Texas has announced that three academic groups with 1,700 physicians – Seattle-based University of Washington Physicians, the Columbia, SC-based Uni...
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Hospital alliance says some quality reporting too costly

 Bernie Monegain June 10, 2008
The Premier healthcare alliance, which lists 2,000 hospitals across the country as members, says the type of quality reporting that requires proprietary information, tools or methodology is too expens...
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Tool targets defensible pricing and transparency

 Chelsey Ledue April 07, 2008
A new Web-based pricing software tool aims to help healthcare providers to proactively address price defensibility and transparency by comparing across market benchmarks. Atlanta-...
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AR technology is in high demand

 Patty Enrado March 07, 2008
With provider billing already incredibly complex, when you throw in consumer-directed healthcare and the cost shift to consumers, managing accounts receivable has become...
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Vendor Notebook - Feb. 25, 2008

 Fred Bazzoli February 25, 2008
MedAssets, Inc. of Atlanta has entered into a new multi-year agreement with the Bon Secours Health System of Marriottsville, Md. to expand its relationship by implementing a suite of MedAssets...
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IRS releases revised Form 990 for 2008

 Chelsey Ledue December 26, 2007
The Internal Revenue Service has released a final updated version of Form 990, the return that charities and other tax-exempt organizations are required to file annually. The new form...
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Bill aims to provide transparency in medical device pricing

 Molly Merrill October 26, 2007
A bill introduced in Congress earlier this week aims to provide transparency in medical device pricing for hospitals to help them negotiate on prices and reduce Medicare spending....
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HFMA wants pricing simplified

 Fred Bazzoli July 26, 2007
WESTCHESTER, IL – It’s time for healthcare organizations to simplify pricing approaches to build public trust and to take mistrust out of the contracting process. In relea...
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Revenue cycle management undergoes changes

 Patty Enrado July 09, 2007
Outside forces are shaping how healthcare organizations are managing their revenue cycles. Regulation changes and the consumer-directed healthcare movement are the main agents of change....
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Leavitt lauds value-driven healthcare

 Diana Manos, Senior Editor and Chip Means, Associate Editor January 25, 2007
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has launched another piece of the Bush administration’s value-driven healthcare plan to expand transparency in cost and quality...
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