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Upside Software, Inc. of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, a vendor of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions, has announced that the Chicago-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associat...

WHEN PEOPLE THINK about what medical care used to be, many have idealized memories of close doctor-patient relationships forged over many years. They remember a doctor who knew the patient’s med...

A recent study indicates that employers can save money on healthcare by paying incentives to their employees who maintain healthy lifestyles, and advocates of consumer-directed health plans say the st...

Deloitte & Touche, commissioned by the National Governors Association, released a report last week on the current status of healthcare price transparency as seen through various stakeholder perspectiv...

A new bidder apparently has won the war for Triad Hospitals Inc., announcing a bid that totals nearly $7 billion. Community Health Systems Inc., a Franklin, Tenn-bas...

The Leapfrog Group's Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, used to designate top hospitals, has been upgraded to include standards in areas such as transparency reporting and certain billing procedures....

Greenway Medical Technologies of Carrollton, Ga. has announced that its has launched an advanced revenue cycle management (RCM) service, PrimeARM, to help physician practices reach th...

Practice Fusion, Inc., a vendor of electronic medical records, announced last week that it will make use of Google's AdSense program to help sponsor free online EMRs for physicians....

Runaway healthcare costs will be right behind the war in Iraq as top issues voters will expect candidates for the 2008 election to address, according to healthcare market analysts at William Blair and...

The assumption that Medicare costs are being contained because one physician mainly manages a patient's care has been shattered by a study released Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The...