Fred Bazzoli
A task force on healthcare in Colorado is expected to present its recommendations for reforming healthcare in the state today. The state's 27-member Blue Ribbon Task Force...
A study released in Alabama questions whether the state should have a certificate-of-need process to control the number of healthcare facilities. The study, by the Alabama Po...
STAMFORD, CN – Cost issues, affecting both patients and their practices, are buffeting physicians’ perceptions of the practice of medicine. A recently released survey by Thom...
New Jersey needs to better monitor hospitals' financial conditions and may have to play a more active role in ensuring that essential facilities can survive financially. A report,...
SEATTLE – Improving processes has accomplished more than just making life easier at Seattle Children’s Hospital. It has put money in the bank. More than that, it has improved th...
WellCare Health Plans Inc., a managed care company, named a new executive chairman and president/CEO late last week. Charles G. Berg was named executive chairman and Heath Schie...
A state senate committee soundly defeated a move to advance a proposal for healthcare reform to the state's senate for a full vote. The Senate Health Committee voted 10-1 to halt the progre...
The promise of federal stimulation of the economy has prompted a call for assistance from the healthcare industry. Several healthcare groups have banded together to ask Congr...
Wal-Mart Stores CEO and President Lee Scott says the company's decision to contract with select employers on prescription claims management will save some of the employers more than $100 million in 20...
ROCHESTER, MN – Two major forces in healthcare – one well-known for clinical innovation and the other a significant healthcare IT vendor – are joining to pursue medical imaging resea...