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The American College of Physicians, a national organization of 126,000 internal medicine physicians, has called on Health and Human Services Secretary-designee Tom Daschle to provide physicians with m...
In the ongoing debate over healthcare reform, which seems to be increasing in intensity as America awaits the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Cha...
In response to recent reductions in service payments from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston Medical Center is cutting $61.5 million from its budget.The magnitude of the reduced payments...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched its fourth annual healthcare provider satisfaction survey of Medicare fee-for-service contractors who process and pay more than $280 billi...
The California HealthCare Foundation's annual publication, California's Uninsured, 2008, shows that over the past 20 years, the percent of uninsured Californians under age 65 has continued to r...
The Clayton County (Ga.) Commission rejected a bond this week for the county's only hospital, which may lead to layoffs or - in the worst case scenario - closing the hospital.The commission v...
Independence Blue Cross will extend its support for the Partnership for Patient Care, a quality and patient safety effort led by southeastern Pennsylvania hospitals, with $3 million in funding through...
Despite the rapid growth of retail clinics, only a tiny fraction of American families in 2007 used them, according to a national study released today by the Commonwealth Fund.The number of re...
Riverside Medical Center of Kankakee, Ill., expects supply savings of more than half a million dollars by joining the Illinois Purchasing Collaborative, a program of the Illinois Hospital Association...
A new Institute of Medicine panel report lists 13 recommendations to Congress on how to improve the Department of Health and Human Services in the 21st Century. One recommendation, however -...