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Broadlane, a healthcare group purchasing organization, has acquired Healthcare Performance Partners, a consulting group offering Lean Healthcare and Six Sigma consulting services, training and tools.
MedAssets, Inc., an Atlanta-based group purchasing organization and developer of spend management and revenue cycle solutions, recently hosted more than 60 suppliers and 250 healthcare provider representatives at its eighth annual Technology and Innovation Forum in St. Louis.
Genetic testing and electronic medical records are top of the ECRI Institute's 2010 technology watch list for health plans.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week that 111 projects in 35 states have been selected to receive more than $34.9 million in grants to increase educational opportunities and expand access to healthcare services in rural areas.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services paid out more than $92 million to 85,000 physicians under the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, a large boost from the $36 million doled out in 2007.
A new report by the Business Roundtable indicates key components of healthcare reform could slow the growth of healthcare costs.
Kaiser NW has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle Justice Department charges that it violated the False Claims Act.
A national data collection center has been launched to monitor business efficiency in healthcare by tracking electronic adoption and resulting cost savings.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has received a $30 million grant from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, a charity focused on supporting organizations and programs that benefit children and youth in metro Atlanta.
A new poll by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation indicates 71 percent of Americans favor increased investment in disease prevention as an integral part of healthcare reform.