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A New York City federal grand jury has indicted four individuals and three corporations for mail and wire fraud conspiracies related to work contracts at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

The cost for in-home healthcare has risen just 1.7 percent a year over the past five years, compared to 6.7 percent for assisted living facilities and 4.5 percent for a private room in a nursing home, according to a new survey.

St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan is poised to close for good at the end of April. But what will happen to its 3,500 employees when the hospital ceases to exist?

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD, is taking on American obesity – and calling on hospitals and healthcare providers to help.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and a majority of the state's acute care inpatient hospitals are teaming up in an effort to prevent serious medical errors.

Washington and New Mexico Medicaid programs will receive thousands of dollars in federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

A Detroit-area doctor has been sentenced to 72 months in prison on charges of defrauding the Medicare program.

Washington and New Mexico Medicaid programs will receive thousands of dollars in federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery

Leaders of the American Hospital Association say the organization supports the new healthcare reform law – but it needs some tweaking.

Unity Management Group, Inc., a Miami-based provider of physician and hospital practice management programs, medical discount plans, business services and billing software and technologies, has announced a partnership with Southwest Healthcare to expand its network into Nevada.