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WASHINGTON – Industry experts differ on the degree to which payers – both regional and national – will be negatively impacted by the financial crisis.Most, however, say a pr...
WATERBURY, CT – A recent survey indicates Connecticut physicians are leaving the state and retiring – which is limiting patient access to care.The Connecticut State Medical Societ...
CHICAGO – Officials at the newly formed AllscriptsMisys Healthcare Solutions want to shake up the healthcare industry.That kind of thinking comes from being one of the biggest kids on t...
BIRMINGHAM, AL – The Alabama State Health Planning and Development Agency’s Certificate of Need Board has approved the Children’s Hospital of Alabama’s plans for a 700,000 squa...
In an effort to help individuals "bridge the gap" between employer coverage and Medicare, Aetna has made the AARP Essential Premier Health Insurance suite of products available to AARP membe...
DALLAS – Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas is developing the first dedicated cancer hospital in north Texas, along with a new outpatient cancer center that will be the largest in the st...
Under pressure from the troubled economy, hospitals are turning to their investment cash flow as a source of capital, according to a study released today by A.M. Best. Despite decreased reven...
G. Edwin HoweRetired president & founder, Aurora Health Care (Milwaukee, Wis.)Former president, St. Luke’s Medical Center (Milwaukee, Wis.)Former board member, Premi...
MILWAUKEE – Healthcare IT vendors lose millions of dollars each year due in improperly licensed or pirated software. And in these difficult economic times, that could mean the difference between...
BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, American voters will have chosen a new president.But no matter whether that next president is Barack Obama or John McCain, the challenges confronting him after inau...