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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | October 17, 2008
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems is adding another revenue cycle management company to its newly created healthcare finance business portfolio with the acquisition of Practice Management Partner...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | October 17, 2008
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 square foot-plus, $480 million replacement/ex...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 17, 2008
The Health Alliance Plan has standardized, automated and streamlined its hospital provider contracting with new technology.The health plan purchased McKesson's Contract Symphony, a suite of c...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | October 17, 2008
WellPoint, the WellPoint Foundation and X PRIZE Foundation, a philanthropic organization focused on innovation through competition, are collaborating on a $10 million competition to generate new ways...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 17, 2008
Leaders and stakeholders gathered this week to discuss medical identity theft and how the federal government could lead a campaign to prevent it.In a town hall meeting sponsored by the Depart...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 16, 2008
Munson Healthcare is poised to streamline and automate its administrative processes, human resources and payroll functions with new technology. The not-for-profit regional network will deploy...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | October 16, 2008
Richard A. Norling will retire as president and chief executive officer of Premier Inc., the nationwide healthcare alliance, on June 30, 2009, the end of his current contract term.The Premier...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 16, 2008
The third and final presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, held Wednesday night at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was expected to be a heated afair and v...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | October 16, 2008
Canopy Financial, a vendor of healthcare banking technology that connects healthcare and financial services, has acquired CareGain, Inc., a provider of consumer-directed healthcare account administrat...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | October 16, 2008
MedAssets, Inc., has announced the release of its Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) solution to support healthcare providers' strategies to address RAC audits.  "Our business...