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St. Vincent's HealthCare in Jacksonville, Fla., has announced it will help the city's major employers set up onsite health centers.

On July 13, federal officials issued the final rule on how providers should demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records if they want to qualify for federal incentives in 2011.

In what could be a developing trend, 233 mergers and acquisitions were announced in the healthcare industry during the second quarter of 2010, up 7 percent from the 218 deals announced during the prior quarter.

A new study estimates that measurable medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008.

Congress is considering taking action on an application of the meaningful use rule in healthcare reform efforts that hospitals say will cost them millions of dollars in incentives.

Electronic health records aren’t just for clinicians anymore. That's the thinking of the Healthcare Billing & Management Association, which will highlight the importance of EHRs to third-party medical billers and billing professionals during its 2010 Annual Conference, scheduled for Sept. 12-14 in St. Louis.

Federal officials are combining forces, launching unprecedented sting operations and announcing they will be tougher than ever on Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

Forty health systems have joined the Premier healthcare alliance's Accountable Care Organization Readiness Collaborative, which is intended to help health systems prepare to become ACOs.

Despite a bitter partisan battle over federal spending, Congress has passed a six-month $16.1 billion extension to federal matching funds for Medicaid.

The cost of U.S. healthcare spending has become one of the most hotly debated issues of our time. Each side is constantly looking for proof that their solution to the healthcare crisis will keep costs down, yet neither side has a tried and true method.