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Just in time for the holidays: Health insurance purchased online. Motivated in part by an expected 29 percent increase in online purchases this holiday season,...

The CareSource Foundation has announced its sixth round of healthcare-related grants, with a total of $127,000 going to 15 organizations. The grants aim to assist t...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...