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Two healthcare IT companies are joining forces to help healthcare providers take advantage of the Federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, which offers qualified hospitals access to reduced-price prescription drugs.
CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts contends that a letter to the editor appearing in the Aug. 5 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine makes "very damaging allegations that are both false and unfounded about the care and access CeltiCare provides."
Amerinet, Inc., a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has signed a new supplier agreement with Masimo, the Irvine, Calif.-based developer of Rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry, Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring and SET Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry systems.
The Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and their respective subsidiaries had a total operating revenue of $11 billion for the quarter ending June 30, 2010, compared to $10.5 billion for the same quarter in 2009.
A new study estimates that measurable medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008.
Humana and athenahealth have announced an alliance, combining Humana's Primary Care Rewards Program with athenahealth's electronic health record service.
WellCare Health Plans has agreed to a $137.5 million settlement with the Department of Justice and will pay another $194 million to settle a class action lawsuit over healthcare fraud allegations.
MedNetworks, a start-up company launched on Monday, uses technology to map, analyze and activate social networks across a broad range of health constituencies in order to identify trends and predict future behavior.
A study released Monday by Thomson Reuters found that church-owned health systems demonstrate significantly better, more efficient care than for-profit health systems.
Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector jumped again in July, increasing by approximately 26,600 jobs. The industry has gained 231,000 jobs over the past year, although hospitals lost jobs for the third straight month.