RAConciliation, a recovery audit contractor (RAC) tracking and denials management system, has been approved by the American Hospital Association (AHA) as a RACTrac compatible product.

CIOs are concerned about their ability to implement the standards recommended by the Health IT Standards Committee in time to meet currently established deadlines, according to a recent survey conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

Hospitals have suffered significant increases of self-pay accounts receivables compared to the prior fiscal year, according to a survey conducted by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) this month.

Sg2, a provider of analytics solutions, has released Insight, a system that measures clinical performance across the patient continuum, including community-based, acute and recovery/rehabilitation care settings.

Medrad (Booth 4209) is highlighting its Certegra product platform, including Certegra P3T products and Certegra Connect.PACS, at the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago this month.

Patient ratings of overall inpatient care in U.S. hospitals increased by 1.5 percent last year, with an increase in patients who said they would recommend the care to others, based on the findings of a report published by healthcare consulting firm Press Ganey.

The first draft of criteria for behavioral health EHRsboth standalone and as an optional add-on to comprehensive ambulatory EHR certificationas well as add-on certifications for clinical research and dermatology, has been opened for public comment by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT).

Orlando, Fla.--The FRANCE registry, the first registry evaluating both Edwards Lifesciences Sapien and Medtronics CoreValve bioprosthesis transcatheter aortic valves, showed comparable results between the two valves and the different approaches used, especially in high-risk patients. The data were presented at a late-breaking interventional clinical science session on Saturday at the American Heart Association (AHA) scientific sessions.