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WASHINGTON – President Bush, who recently delivered on his promise to veto Senate’s $35 billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, has succeeded in garnering...
DETROIT – By all accounts, General Motors’ agreement to contribute $29.9 million to the United Auto Workers’ healthcare trust constitutes the largest upfront funding in the history o...
Nuance Communications of Burlington, Mass. has signed an agreement to acquire Vocada, Inc. of Dallas, a provider of critical test result management solutions....
Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) outlined her plan for universal healthcare at an Oct. 18 presidential forum on healthcare held by the Kaiser Family Foundation....
Do process management approaches that work in other industries have an impact in a healthcare environment? Meadows Regional Medical Center has become a believer. Making use of an inno...
The House investigated yesterday the impact of proposed antitrust legislation that, if passed, could impact the way community pharmacies negotiate for drug pricing on the back end....
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Robert Casey (D-Pa.) yesterday introduced legislation to prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service from making further cuts to home healthcare providers' re...
A bid to override President Bush's veto of a bill to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program failed in the House today, as override supporters fell at least 12 votes shy of a two-thirds m...
People find paying a standard monthly fee and an upfront co-pay for visits attractive because they feel that they are losing less money and are motivated to keep visit for reimbursement, a new study o...
WASHINGTON - President Bush today defended his decision to veto bipartisan legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program. "I don't like plans that encourage people to move from p...