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In a move to unite the power and influence of major U.S. nursing unions, the United American Nurses, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association are joining together to form a new, 150,000-member association.
The global hospital information systems market will climb past $35 billion by 2015, according to a new forecast by Global Industry Analysts. The United States represents the largest market in the world.
The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy said it helped to remove - at "the 11th hour" - language in the economic stimulus bill that would have damaged philanthropic fundraising efforts by nonprofit hospitals.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched a $15 million, four-year initiative to increase enrollment and retention of eligible children in public health insurance programs like Medicaid and the States' Children's Health Insurance Program.
The mystery behind last week's collapse of the Emageon-HSS merger appears to be tied to Tuesday's bombshell announcement of $8 billion fraud charges against a Texas-based international financing company.
The law sets aside $19.2 billion for healthcare IT and more than $100 billion for other healthcare measures, including Medicaid funding and subsidies to help unemployed workers afford healthcare coverage through COBRA.
Missouri's extensive 2005 Medicaid cuts slowed the growth in Medicaid spending but did not reduce Medicaid costs, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a 60-day delay of the effective date of the Competitive Bidding Interim Final Rule, to April 18, 2009.
Six Miami-Dade County residents have been indicted on a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme, operated out of Midway Medical, a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in treating HIV/AIDS patients.
Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Ia., has implemented a hiring freeze in addition to a salary freeze for managers, directors and senior management.