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By Chelsey Ledue | 11:49 am | April 15, 2010
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services will award Madison, Wis.-based CommunityConnect HealthPlan the Medicaid Managed Care contract to provide benefits to enrollees in the BadgerCare Plus program in Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukee counties.
By Diana Manos | 11:40 am | April 15, 2010
Six out of 10 corporate renewal professionals think the healthcare reform law will have a negative impact on economic recovery, according to a new poll. While reducing the deficit, they said, it could toss physicians and other healthcare providers out of work.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:24 am | April 15, 2010
Reducing the number of preventable patient injuries in California hospitals from 2001 to 2005 was associated with a corresponding drop in malpractice claims against physicians, according to a new study by the RAND Corporation.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:03 am | April 15, 2010
U.S. Renal Care, a privately held provider of outpatient dialysis services, plans to acquire the Dialysis Corporation of America, a provider of outpatient kidney dialysis centers.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:15 am | April 15, 2010
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.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:51 am | April 14, 2010
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit obtained a record 148 criminal convictions in the state and recovered more than $283 million in 2009.
By Diana Manos | 11:42 am | April 14, 2010
Hospital quality "needs significant improvement" and "waste remains rampant," according to the latest Leapfrog hospital survey, released Tuesday.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:16 am | April 14, 2010
U.S. HealthWorks, a Valencia, Calif.-based operator of occupational healthcare and urgent care centers, has acquired the Medero Medical Caring for Workers Center in Ocala, Fla., its 12th location in that state.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:14 am | April 14, 2010
Approximately three in four respondents to a survey of healthcare organizations said the recession has negatively impacted their balance sheets more than the 2001 recession.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:59 am | April 14, 2010
Small, rural hospitals looking to tap into federal funds to improve security compliance have a new tool at their disposal.