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A stubborn recession continues to put economic pressures on hospitals, governments and the public and they coalesce on the topic of how charity care affects tax exemptions.

A developer of mobile healthcare IT solutions for people with chronic diseases is launching a home monitoring tool for diabetics in an effort to rein in skyrocketing healthcare costs and help beleaguered family practitioners.

Death may be the final act, but the unpaid hospital bill is the denouement.

With all that’s going on in the arena of healthcare reform, one wonders whether hospitals have the time to properly manage their doctors.

Paul Kacik is Managing Director, McGladrey Capital Markets, Costa Mesa, Calif.

OTCNetwork debuts prepaid cards for MA plans for purchase of over-the-counter medications.

Network Health, a health plan providing coverage to more than 160,000 Massachusetts residents with low or moderate incomes, has partnered with Health Integrated, a leading health management solutions provider, to offer its members enhanced health coaching services.

For healthcare organizations that don’t have a firm grasp on social networking, that unflattering Twitter comment or Facebook photo is just the tip of the iceberg.

The American Medical Association has joined 65 national physician organizations in urging Congress to stop the 30 percent Medicare pay cuts to take effect at the end of the year.

Nurses’ roles, responsibilities and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by healthcare reform, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.