VA Secretary Resigns Amid Investigation
Today, in the wake of the ongoing investigation of scheduling malfeasance at several VA hospitals, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned during a meeting with ...
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Cross Country Healthcare Signs Agreement to Acquire Assets of Medical Staffing Network
Cross Country Healthcare announced that it signed an agreement to acquire all of the assets, business and liabilities of Medical Staffing Network. Cross Country Healthcare, ...
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EHR: Increasing Adoption, Increasing Complaints
Electronic health records (EHR) are steadily gaining traction, yet as more doctors and hospitals move toward fully digital records the problems with EHR are also ...
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Massachusetts Passes ICU Nurse Staffing Law
In response to efforts by the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the Massachusetts legislature has passed a law establishing minimum nurse staffing ratios in the state’s ...
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PRN Funding Exhibiting at AHDI’s 2014 Healthcare Documentation Integrity Conference
PRN Funding, LLC will be exhibiting at The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI)’s 2014 Annual Convention and Expo (ACE). This year’s event will take ...
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Decrease in Uninsured Patients is Good News for Hospitals
The economic benefits of expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act are extending to hospitals and individuals, another success story of the embattled healthcare law. ...
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RNs Staying on the Job Longer
According to a study by the RAND Corp. published last month, an increased number of registered nurses are putting off retirement resulting in higher-than-expected numbers ...
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Massive Hospital Data Hack Compromises Patient Information
Earlier this week, hospital group Community Health Systems announced a security breach that may affect millions of patients nationwide. According to Community Health Systems and security firm ...
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Top Financial Concerns for Hospital CFOs
What do hospital CFO’s cite as their biggest financial challenge? To find out, KeyBridge Medical Revenue Care surveyed community hospital CFOs in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Overwhelmingly, reimbursements ...
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Patients May Receive Help with Medical Costs from Hosptials
Though far more patients have obtained insurance following the implementation of the ACA, many still have difficulty covering the high deductibles featured in their particular ...
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