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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday that 42.5 million U.S. residents of all ages were uninsured in the first half of 2007. There was no significant change in the percentage...

A large national bank and a healthcare information technology vendor long known for enabling healthcare transactions are teaming up in an alliance to jointly serve their clients....

The Sentinel Group, a Lake Forest, Ill.-based provider of health claim fraud and abuse services, has signed Summit Administration Services, a third-party administrator based in Scottsdale, Ariz...

Mountain States Health Alliance has signed an agreement to purchase Russell County Medical Center (RCMC), a 78-bed acute care hospital located in Lebanon, Va. The hospital is currently affiliated with...

Aetna is initiating a program designed to encourage members to buy medications that are proven to be effective in managing high-risk clinical conditions. The Hartford,...

Twenty-five of the 26 practices under Greene Health Partners (GHP) are now able to bill for all services effectively, calculate return on investment easily and are pulling in money faster after implem...

Efforts to rachet down drug prices aren't enough to get the most value from the Medicare drug benefit. Two health policy experts are saying other steps are necessary to save money and improve overall...

The debate heated up yesterday over the future of e-prescribing as it relates to controlled substances. Many proponents of e-prescribing say adoption could be more widespread if doctors weren't so enc...

A vendor of on-demand digital publishing solutions and a software development firm have announced a contest in which they will donate two mammography systems to hospitals, clinics or imaging centers t...