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By Diana Manos | 11:30 am | July 20, 2009
In the thick of the health reform debate, health plans say they support covering pre-existing conditions as long as there is a mandate that everyone be covered.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:09 am | July 20, 2009
After four months of discussion, South Dakota-based Sanford Health and the North Dakota based MeritCare Health System have announced plans to merge, creating one of the country's largest integrated healthcare systems.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:59 am | July 20, 2009
MedAssets has announced that it will market software from San Diego-based SmartDraw.com to its hospital and primary acute care provider customers.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:44 am | July 20, 2009
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions is teaming up with a broad-based coalition of Connecticut healthcare providers and employers to launch a statewide health information exchange.
By Richard Pizzi | 01:05 pm | July 17, 2009
The University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics opened a new patient care pavilion and $200 million expansion project this week.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:58 am | July 17, 2009
Americans are unsure that a healthcare reform bill introduced this week is the solution to problems with the healthcare system, according to a poll created and commissioned by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:34 am | July 17, 2009
Medicare could save up to $18 billion over the next decade by implementing a radiology benefit management program, according to MedSolutions, which provides cost management of medical services for healthcare payers.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:26 am | July 17, 2009
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $26 million contract to a San Francisco firm to construct a new 80-bed acute psychiatric facility at VA's Palo Alto Health Care System in California.
By Diana Manos | 11:21 am | July 17, 2009
The Puget Sound Health Alliance in Washington has unveiled an expanded and updated report card comparing area doctors and hospitals and highlighting where improvement is needed.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:37 am | July 17, 2009
The Medicare program could save $11.6 billion to $18 billion in diagnostic imaging costs over the next 10 years by implementing a radiology benefit management program, according to a new report.