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Broadlane has expanded its cost management offerings to 34 products and divided them into six service lines. In addition, the Dallas-based company has renamed itself The Broadlane Group.

Virginia's Anthem BCBS has launched an initiative to reduce expenditures on ER visits, roughly 60 percent of which could be shifted to other locations that provide the same care for a fraction of the price.

Gov. Martin O'Malley outlined a new vision for positioning Maryland as a national leader for health IT, during a roundtable forum of industry leaders and experts, which convened on Tuesday to discuss healthcare reform and innovation in the state.

Federal officials responsible for writing the meaningful use rule defended it Tuesday before a wary Congressional panel who had questions for most every facet of the rule.

According to HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care market intelligence, managed care plans in Ohio are facing challenges with a new prescription drug benefit "carve-out" in the state's Medicaid program.

An alliance that claims more than 2,300 community-based hospitals as members is pressing Congress to fix the final rule on meaningful use to ensure that every hospital receives its fair share of incentive payments provided under the HITECH Act.

Health Dialog, a Boston-based provider of analytics and decision support, has launched a new program designed to help Medicare Advantage plans qualify for performance bonuses.

Several Michigan-based health plans are reducing administrative costs by communicating with customers and brokers on a Web platform designed by Covisint.

Thirty-four northeastern Ohio hospitals have shown "dramatic progress" in efforts to improve healthcare quality by following national best practices guidelines for patients with certain medical conditions.

Nine programs have been recognized at the 2010 National Family Caregiving Awards for their innovation, effectiveness and response to caregiver needs in their communities.