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The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has called on Congress to invest $30 billion on broadband, the smart electronic grid and healthcare information technology as a way to create as ma...
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada has introduced SmartSense, a choice-driven health insurance plan targeted to "early" retirees, the self-employed, independent contractors, student...
According to a December 2008 survey conducted by the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, the state's hospitals are being hurt by the national recession, and patients are feeling t...
Benefitfocus has landed a contract with one of the largest health insurers on the Atlantic coast.The Charleston, S.C.-based healthcare benefits software provider announced Tuesday a deal with...
The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a plan Wednesday that includes healthcare information technology as a critical piece in preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The goa...
A developer of electronic billing and payment solutions for the healthcare industry, among others, is adding a feature that allows patients and providers to establish payment plans.Internet P...
National health spending in 2007 was at its lowest rate of overall growth since 1998, according to a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS researchers said slo...
Owens & Minor, of Richmond, Va., has signed a definitive agreement to sell is direct-to-consumer diabetes supply business to the Liberty Healthcare Group, Inc. for $63 million in cash.Pat...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) has launched its low-cost insurance plans, available to uninsured Floridians as part of Gov. Charles Crist's chosen healthcare insurers selected to...
AARP CEO Bill Novelli identified healthcare IT as a key initiative in his organization's work with the 111th Congress on reducing healthcare cost and boosting quality."This is not the ti...