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An amendment tacked onto an unrelated transportation bill that would allow any employer, not just those affiliated with a religious organization, to not offer contraceptive health coverage to employees failed yesterday in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 51-48.
Louisiana is moving forward on its new Web-based Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) now that it has federal approval on the $185 million, 10-year contract with CNSI, a Gaithersburg, Md., health IT services provider, to develop and deploy the system by the end of 2014.
StrategicplanningMD, a leading provider of strategic planning software to healthcare organizations, announced Wednesday that the Idaho Hospital Association has adopted its web-based technology platform.
Managing costs in today's industry has been put front and center. And although incentive funds have been helping organizations to implement health IT, easy tweaks and innovative tips are always welcome to help cut corners. Industry experts give use five simple ways to help manage the cost of health IT.
In moves designed to solidify its presence in the Florida market, UnitedHealthcare announced earlier this week that it will acquire the operations of two senior-focused health plans in the state, Preferred Care Partners and Medica HealthCare Plans.
The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board of Directors today announced that NQF’s President and CEO Janet Corrigan has submitted her resignation, effective late June 2012. Corrigan has served as NQF's President and CEO for more than six years.
Medical device manufacturers are feeling the effects of a sluggish economy and a revamped reimbursement model, which are leading to slow growth and record levels of mergers and acquisitions activity.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Committee yesterday voted 17 to 5 to approve a bill that repeals the hotly-debated Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).
Being one of the healthiest states in the nation, North Dakota is also a state that is known for providing high-quality healthcare at a low cost, according to the Executive Director of North Dakota Medical Association Courtney Koebele.
A remote monitoring program implemented by Geisinger Health Plan using interactive voice response (IVR) and other telemonitoring technology to aid case managers has shown a 44 percent reduction in hospital readmissions, the company announced recently.