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Hospital inpatient and outpatient services encountered inflation rates around 8 percent in the past 12 months, which is 2 percent higher compared to the previous year, according to a new report.

The McKesson Corporation of Atlanta has announced an ED Benchmarks Collaborative with the Emergency Nurses Association.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has unveiled a new report, "Insurance Companies Prosper, Families Suffer: Our Broken Health Insurance System."

Hays Medical Center of Hays, Kan., has added revenue recovery services to its revenue cycle management solutions to improve its net revenue collections.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $4.3 billion in financial relief to states through reductions in payments that offset the cost of Medicare coverage for prescription drugs for Medicare and Medicaid eligible patients.

The American College of Physicians said doctors will struggle to provide care without a permanent fix for the flawed Medicare physician payment system.

Over 26 percent of respondents to a poll on Sermo, the world’s largest online community for physicians, have admitted they had been forced to close, or are considering closing, their solo practice.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services believes the U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector has begun to stabilize after a very difficult period.

A new article in Health Affairs indicates recent annual increases in Medicare spending are the result of outpatient treatment of chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, hypertension and kidney disease.

Medical practice leaders say they've had many problems reporting data for Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), according to the Medical Group Management Association.