Outsourcing news and information

MiraMed Global Services, a business process outsourcing firm based in Jackson, Mich., has tapped Alan Sugerman to serve as CFO.
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What it does: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions provides information technology products to hospitals, physician practices and post-acute organizations.
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Strong-armed billing practices at Fairview Health Services' University of Minnesota Medical Center violated federal patient-protection laws, regulators have concluded.
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A Special Feature on 34 of the nation's healthcare outsourcing firms. Source: Modern Healthcare's 34th annual Outsourcing Survey. Published Sept. 3, 2012, p. 22.
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Whether it's called outsourcing, partnering or another term, hospitals and health systems continue to use that approach as they realize that much of what they need isn't available in-house.
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Private-equity firm Excellere Partners said it closed on an investment in the management services company for an anesthesia outsourcing company.
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Jackson Health System, Miami, announced it is seeking proposals to outsource physician services in all its emergency rooms and looking for a company to handle its billing and collections.
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The Outsource Group, a St. Louis-based revenue-cycle management company, has acquired XAM Business Services and MAX Revenue Solutions, Houston, linked companies that specialize in business process outsourcing, revenue-cycle management and debt collections, the company has announced. Terms of the...
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American Cyber Systems, a Duluth, Ga.-based information technology services and staffing company, announced it had acquired Cross USA, a company that provides outsourced IT services using workers based in rural U.S. communities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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