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WASHINGTON – According to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, the fundamental healthcare question facing America these days is how to slow rapidly rising costs. The Ariz...
PRINCETON, NJ – In a bid to address the nation's nursing shortage, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded the first round of $28 million in grants to 15 junior faculty nurses around the...
COLUMBIA, SC – Beginning in January of 2010, South Carolina will impose a $25 surcharge to state health plans and HMOs for state workers who smoke, joining seven other states that already impose...
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease expressed disappointment at Thursday's vice-presidential debate, saying Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin did not address one of the nation's...
Many organizations equate information technology governance with an IT steering committee that reports to the CIO. While this structure has been the norm for decades, it is not viable for organization...
JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded First Coast Service Options a new Medicare contract that involves administration of the fee-for-service Medicare program i...
NASHVILLE, TN – Emdeon Business Services, a developer of revenue and payment cycle management solutions, is looking to raise as much as $460 million through an initial public offering of stock,...
LANSING, MI – Michigan’s nonprofit community hospitals provided nearly $2.6 billion in direct patient care services and targeted outreach to those who could not afford it in fiscal year 20...
Steve Case's Revolution Health Network has found a new home.Revolution Health, the Washington, D.C.-based online health information company founded last year by AOL co-founder case, announced...
MINNEAPOLIS - Ninety-two percent of hospital healthcare information management directors are familiar with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Recovery Audit Contractor program, and...