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Fitch Ratings has downgraded more than $131 million worth of revenue bonds issued on behalf of the Valley Baptist Health System in Harlingen, Texas.

Consumer-driven health plans experienced continued growth this year, but are losing market share to HMOs, according to United Benefit Advisors.

One of the nation's largest healthcare IT companies has pledged $2 million to help develop school-based healthcare centers in rural Louisiana.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced more than $32 million in funding aimed at boosting access to healthcare service in rural areas.

The federal Health IT Policy Committee is backing a plan to build a federal database of business rules that states could use to help determine the eligibility for Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs.

MEDS-ED Link, a project of the Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization (NoVaRHIO) done in conjunction with Inova Health System and GE Healthcare, launched on Monday.

Blue Cross Blue Shield companies experienced both a decline in underwriting earnings and lower premiums in 2009, according to a report by the credit rating firm A.M. Best.

The U.S. Department of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund has awarded $750,000 to the Primary Care Development Corporation to expand primary care capacity in New York state.

Americans' confidence in their ability to access and pay for healthcare has hit an all-time low, according to Thomson Reuters.

Federal mediators have called for nurses and administrators at two Duluth, Minn.-area hospitals to resume contract discussions this week.