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Ramping up medical practice financial performance
I talk often of the hospital side of the equation when it comes to optimizing finances, but what about other providers such as medical groups and small practices? When it comes to jobs, doctors are
Information overload? New personal health card doubles as a credit card
A new hybrid personal health record/credit card released this week by Broomfield, Colo.-based LifeNexus might just be nirvana for patients who have longed for an easier way to consolidate and carry
HFMA ANI 2009: Case study - Adventist Health implements self-service payments
Increasingly, hospitals are under pressure to recover as much as possible from self-pay patients and collect co-pays and deductibles on the spot. One way to do this is to make it easy for patients to
NY-area hospitals testing smart cards
Over next 18 to 24 months, a group of New York area hospitals will be pilot-testing smart cards that can carry the equivalent of 30 pages of medical records. The hospitals, which include Mount Sinai Medical Center, Jersey City Medical Center, Queens Hospital Center, Cabrini Medical Center and several others, plan to hand out 100,000 of the cards, that were developed by Siemens Medical Solutions. Siemens is actually subsidizing the initial round of cards, not to mention the hardware and …
"Smart" medical debit cards on the rise
New research is predicting that with the growth in consumer-driven health plans, the industry will come to rely on "smart" debit cards linking clinical data, health plan coverage/eligibility information and personal identity details. The study, conducted by HealthLeaders/Interstudy, predicts that in time, a single card will have access to a consumer's bank, payor and provider systems. In this world, it will be possible for a consumer to see a provider, get benefits verified, a claim …
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