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By Molly Merrill | 04:57 pm | March 18, 2009
Medica, a health insurance company headquartered in Minneapolis, has paid more than $3 million in the past year to providers in its network for improvements in clinical care provided to members.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:30 pm | March 18, 2009
Resurrection Health Care, which operates eight hospitals in Chicago and its adjacent suburbs, is eliminating 125 management, ambulatory services and system support positions.
By Diana Manos | 11:48 am | March 18, 2009
President Barack Obama defended his fiscal year 2010 budget proposal in a meeting Tuesday with Congressional budget committee leaders, saying it makes hard choices but will build health reform to ease the burden on businesses, budgets and families.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:16 am | March 18, 2009
Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed a $45 million financial order Tuesday to pay a portion of the state's obligation to hospitals under an October 2006 settlement agreement.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:09 am | March 18, 2009
The Loving Care Agency, Inc., a provider of pediatric skilled nursing and home health aide services, has acquired six homecare branches from Gentiva Health Services, Inc.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:49 am | March 18, 2009
The University of California, San Francisco has received one of the largest donations in its history to build a hospital complex on its newest campus.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:29 pm | March 17, 2009
Forty percent of Americans are giving the U.S. healthcare system a failing grade, according to a new study.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:17 pm | March 17, 2009
Kaiser Permanente is cutting 860 information technology jobs nationwide under a realignment that includes a $500 million deal giving IBM management duties at Kaiser's medical records data centers.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:03 pm | March 17, 2009
MVP Healthcare and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield will work with primary care physicians in the Rochester, N.Y. area to improve the way patients receive care.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:37 am | March 17, 2009
An incremental healthcare reform model, exemplified by the creation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, is not bold enough for broad-based reform that would create universal coverage, according to a new study.