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The Department of Veterans Affairs is establishing new partnerships with five of the country's top nursing schools in order to boost nursing education in the United States.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, one of the nation's premiere cancer treatment centers, has signed a multi-year contract for revenue cycle management and collection management services.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced plans to make $1 billion available for the Community Services Block Grant program.
The Cambridge Health Alliance and Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies have received a $500,000 grant from the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund to fund training, education and credentialing programs for nurses and healthcare employees.
During the last 10 years, New York counties outside New York City cited the transfer of personal financial assets in denying an average of 7 percent of applications for Medicaid coverage of nursing home care.
The Boston College Graduate School of Social Work has launched a technical assistance center that offers the tools states need to implement participant-directed long-term care programs.
New data released Thursday by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association found that 2008 generic drug use among Blue plan members increased by more than 8 percent and generated at least $2.5 billion in savings.
The Obama administration will make $2.3 billion in Recovery Act funds available for health and human services programs that provide care for children and prevent disease.
Most healthcare vendors are focused these days on improving the physician-patient relationship. API Healthcare finds its niche in looking in the other direction.
MedeFinance, an Emeryville, Calif.-based developer of business analytics solutions and services or healthcare organizations, announced a name change, new contract and two new solutions at the HIMSS09 conference and exhibition Saturday in Chicago.