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WASHINGTON – Medicare officials must make physician reimbursement data available to the public by Sept. 21, a U.S. district court ordered in late August. The Centers for Medicare & Me...

WASHINGTON – Medicare officials announced on Aug. 22 a decrease in Medicare payments for home care services for 2008, drawing sharp criticism from home care lobbyists. The Cente...

EASTLAKE, OH – Healthcare imaging facilities should ditch their costly film processing systems, according to the vendor of a new Web-based picture archiving and communication system....

President Bush and Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt fielded questions this morning on reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which expires in 10 days. The...

SPRINGFIELD, PA – Hospitals are continuing to look for ways to improve supply purchasing, and they’re beginning to rely more heavily on analytic services provided by group purchasing organ...

RALEIGH, NC – Last July, Misys Healthcare Systems took a strategic step back in selling off two smaller business units to concentrate on the ambulatory healthcare market. About a month ago, the...

CHICAGO – The good times just keep on rolling for Allscripts. The Chicago-based provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions for physician practices has annou...

CHICAGO – Ann Lurie served as a critical care nurse at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago before marriage and family intervened. It was an experience she never forgot, a...

AHA responds to tax-exempt proposals, tax form The American Hospital Association has responded to two initiatives that would affect tax-exempt hospitals. It told the Internal Revenu...

These are tough times for physicians – especially for those trying to run an independent practice. Recent research suggests that low compensation levels are driving several tr...