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NaviNet, the country's largest real-time healthcare communications network, has announced a partnership with major health insurers in New Jersey to build a multi-payer portal as a "one-stop shop" for physicians to communicate directly with an array of health plans.

L.A. Care Health Plan's board of governors has awarded $500,000 to jump-start the planning process for a new Martin Luther King Hospital in south Los Angeles.

SSM St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis plans to overhaul its main entranceway as part of $7 million in upgrades planned in 2010.

New business models will emerge as a result of regulatory changes in healthcare reform law, concluded a panel at the last week's Health Technology Investment Forum.

If the Recovery Audit Contractor comes calling, your financial data will be put to the test. The good news: There are a number of measures that can stave off unwanted discoveries. Carla Engle, a product manager at MediRegs, a division of Wolters Kluwer, offers 10 steps providers can take to make themselves more audit-proof.

Kaiser Permanente will put solar power systems in 15 healthcare facilities across California by the summer of 2011.

Employers who blend value-based health insurance with the medical home model will save money and improve outcomes, according to a new study.

The Regenstrief Institute, recognized as a healthcare IT leader, has been awarded a contract to help the Social Security Administration and Indiana healthcare providers make disability case determinations faster and better.

The number of Medicaid-subsidized inpatient hospital stays originating in the emergency room increased more than 6 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to SDI.

More than $80 million in losses over the last four years has led Children's Hospital & Research Center of Oakland, Calif., to develop a three-year plan to restructure its services.