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By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 10, 2008
Medicare and Medicaid payments to U.S. hospitals in 2007 fell $31.9 billion short of the cost of care provided to hospital patients insured by those programs, according to the latest American Hospital...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | November 10, 2008
The current economy is projected to have a negative impact on imaging sales.This according to Millennium Research Group's "US Markets for Diagnostic Imaging Systems 2009" report and it...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 10, 2008
The Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration has signed a five-year, $44 million deal with Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., to administer a Third Party Liability program for the state's Medicai...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
Express Scripts, a St. Louis-based provider of pharmacy benefit management services, has notified the FBI of an apparent extortion attempt possibly involving millions of patient records.Compa...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, Va., recently opened an expanded emergency department, the last step in a $60 million project that featured renovations to 95 percent of the facility.The Richm...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
athenahealth, which focuses on helping physician practices handle the business side of the house, has recorded a 35 percent increase in revenue for the third quarter.Total revenue for the thr...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has granted the state of Minnesota a waiver that will ensure 18,000 parents remain eligible for MinnesotaCare health insurance. The state will receive...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
Key Congressional leaders say they are "ready to roll" on passing healthcare reform legislation early next year.At a Thursday briefing hosted by Families USA, Michael Myers, on staf...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
The Minnesota branch of the Mayo Clinic is closing its clinical trials unit and immediately cutting 30 jobs.Mayo officials announced they would close the 100-person Mayo Clinical Trial Servic...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 06, 2008
Baystate Health, a healthcare network in western Massachusetts, is cutting 55 jobs and eliminating 120 vacant positions as a result of a $37 million projected budget shortfall.Baystate Health...