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A $1,500,000 grant has been awarded to the National League for Nursing and three institutions of higher education to fund a five-year Health Information Technologies Scholars (HITS) Project to integra...
Eighty-seven percent of U.S. hospitals do not comply with recommended steps for preventing infections, according to a new study. A survey of 1,256 hospitals conducted by The Lea...
Humana Inc. has launched a new health insurance package designed to provide predictable healthcare expenses. The "No Worry" plans offer healthcare expenses over a three-year period that...
For healthcare providers burdened with IT expenses and looking for an economical single sign-on (SSO) solution, Sentillion has an answer: A shot of ExpreSSO. "We've created a singl...
The U.S.-based division of one of the world's largest drug firms this week paid more than $190 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. Sanofi-aventis U...
Medicare officials say they lack the authority to recoup overpayments to providers under the Medicare Advantage program. The Government Accountability Office disagrees. In a re...
Grants are still a crucial source of funding for regional health information networks, and these organizations are slow to realize that they may need to depend on outside sources of funding to sustain...
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. of North Hollywood, Calif., which owns or provides management services to hospitalist practices operating in more than 300 facilities across the Unit...
Some states' efforts to reform health insurance have had "significant unintended consequences" over the past decade, according to a America's Health Insurance Plans. In a report...
Three months after launching Health Evolution Partners, a private equity firm focused on healthcare investments, David Brailer, MD, and his partners are ready to spend some money. Brailer detailed the...