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By Bernie Monegain | 11:25 am | February 17, 2011
NEHI, a national network for health innovation, has proposed a national strategy for disseminating comparative effectiveness research findings that would be led by the newly created Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
By Molly Merrill | 11:08 am | February 17, 2011
An electronic health card designed to maintain an individual's personal health record and provide a payment card option that can access an individual's HSA, FSA or HRA account is being launched during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference next week.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:38 am | February 17, 2011
Orexigen Therapeutics, a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company focused on obesity treatment, has announced the upcoming departure of Graham Cooper, its chief financial officer and treasurer.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:14 am | February 17, 2011
Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente has announced that its combined total operating revenue for 2010 was $44.2 billion, up from $42.1 billion last year. Operating income was $1.2 billion, down from $1.6 billion in 2009 and net non-operating income was $789 million, compared to $524 million last year.
By Diana Manos | 11:56 am | February 16, 2011
President Barack Obama has released a fiscal year 2012 budget proposal that includes funding to stabilize Medicare physician payments.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:39 am | February 16, 2011
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced Wednesday the awarding of $241 million in "Early Innovator" grants to help seven states design and implement the IT infrastructure needed to launch state health insurance exchanges.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:38 am | February 16, 2011
Hospitalist service provider Apollo Medical Holdings has acquired the Aligned Healthcare Group, which operates 24-hour physician call centers and provides specialized care management services.
By Chris Anderson | 10:40 am | February 16, 2011
Women and younger individuals are more likely to seek information on healthcare costs, quality and access after experiencing an increase in premiums or cost-sharing, according to the Employee Benefits Research Institute.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:30 am | February 16, 2011
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., has contracted with MD Ranger, a Burlingame, Calif.-based benchmarks and service data company.
By John Andrews | 01:37 pm | February 15, 2011
Providers face ‘severe’ repercussions for not getting transition right