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Universal Health Services, Inc., one of the nation's largest hospital companies, announced Monday that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ascend Health Corporation for $500 million in cash.
An analysis of hospices active in Medicare between 1999 and 2009 published in the June issue of Health Affairs is an attempt to shed some light on the degree of the changes transforming the industry and to point the industry in the direction it should be focusing on.
ProdigoXchange aims to drive efficiency for healthcare purchasers by providing automated email reminders that help track supplier acknowledgments of dispatched purchase orders.
Just two months after firing its CEO Ken Melani for an alleged affair with a Highmark employee and an arrest for assault, the company today announced it has hired long-time healthcare and insurance industry veteran William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, as the company's new president and CEO.
According to the American Hospital Association's first quarter RACTrac Survey released last month, hospitals continue to report an increase in Medicare recovery audit contractor (RAC) payment denials.
Healthcare spending in the United States is expected to grow at a historically low rate of 7.5 percent next year, according to the annual "Behind the Numbers" report on medical cost trends, published Thursday by the Health Research Institute (HRI) of PwC U.S.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday $25 million in funding for states' Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs).
Job growth in healthcare continued to be the trend in May, with the sector adding 33,000 jobs, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
A new national awareness campaign led by the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) wants everyone to know -- patients, providers, insurers, employers and governments -- that urgent care centers are available in communities across the country and what services are available in them.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a partnership with providers, care givers and patients aimed at improving the care and use of antipsychotic medications for patients in nursing homes.