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The market for medical automation technology is forecast to grow from $13.1 billion this year to $23.2 billion in 2014, according to BCC Research.

Almost 75 percent of physicians accepted all or most new Medicare patients last year, according to the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey.

Alabama Medicaid enrollment has jumped by nearly 50,000 people in the past two years, with the largest increase coming in children, teens and pregnant women.

As the debate on health reform resumes Tuesday on Capitol Hill, the Premier healthcare alliance has added its endorsement to aspects of President Barack Obama's plan.

Navicure, a medical claims clearinghouse for physician practices, has announced that three South Carolina-based physician practices will implement the company's accounts receivable management solutions.

One Beacon Professional Partners, a member of the OneBeacon Insurance Group, is collaborating with Medversant Technologies to provide clients with an electronic credentialing verification and management system.

Medicare has announced that it will pay healthcare providers the same rate to administer the H1N1 flu vaccine as the seasonal flu vaccine, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Thirteen states have been awarded $70.9 million by the Department of Health and Human Services to support the expansion of healthcare coverage for uninsured residents.

A new federal report urges all health workers to wear fitted respirators when treating H1N1 patients this flu season.

Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by 28,000 jobs in August, while the national unemployment rate grew to 9.7 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.