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Healthcare IT leaders are hailing President Obama's nomination of Donald Berwick, MD, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a signal of the administration's commitment to quality.
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan filed for bankruptcy last week and laid off more than 1,000 employees this week as it prepared to close its doors for good by the end of the month.
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have announced $10 million in grants to 41 health programs operated by the Indian Health Service, tribes and tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations.
SUNRx, based in Bensalem, Pa., has announced the release of a new 340B ‘least cost’ solution that scans multiple drug pricing programs to ensure the lowest cost on prescription drugs for community health organizations and patients.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is expanding its current Medicare provider enrollment system to make it easier for physicians to register to receive meaningful use incentives.
Congress has postponed a 21 percent pay cut in Medicare physician reimbursement until June 1.
Texas Health Resources, a 13-hospital health system in north Texas, and the LHP Hospital Group have formed a joint venture to acquire Wilson N. Jones Medical Center in Sherman, Texas.
A $14 million cooperative venture between the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Department of Veterans Affairs will bring much-needed ambulatory surgical care to veterans in southern Colorado.
A new study from Accenture says citizens in 16 countries agree that the government's role in healthcare starts with helping the elderly and disabled access existing services.
As much as 10 percent of America's annual $2 trillion healthcare bill is tied to fraud, waste or abuse. A new partnership by two leading healthcare IT vendors aims to tackle that problem.