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Medicare Part D plan premiums will rise slightly in 2008 to an average of $25, up from about $22 in 2007, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced. CM...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) shows how clinicians can make electronic health records more efficient and improve billing accuracy in a report released...
The nation's hospitals are eligible to apply for shares of $25 million in grants the Department of Health and Human Services will award for improvements to emergency care. H...
Dynamic Healthcare Systems of Irvine, Calif. has announced that OSF Health Plans, Inc., an Illinois-based managed care company with 100,000 members, has purchased the HCC Analytics so...
Worldwide information technology outsourcing firm Perot Systems plans to acquire J.J. Wild, Inc. for $89 million. Canton, Mass.-based J.J. Wild is the preferred provider of integrated healthcare deliv...
A.M. Best Company will rate U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems, beginning first with provider-owned health plans, the company announced Aug. 9. Market demand has led A.M. Best i...
Onex Corp.'s recent healthcare industry transactions have helped steer the Canadian conglomerate into strong financial standing. The company has announced that its second qua...
Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson estimates his plan for universal healthcare could save the government $110 billion a year. The cost of his plan, he said, would be between $104 billio...
Senate legislation introduced August 3 calls for an overhaul of the $400 million program charged with ensuring the quality and efficiency of Medicare services. Sens. Chuck Gr...
Hospital groups across the country today are assessing the potential impact of the final IPPS rule issued by the Ce...