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Reformed payment policies that honor the "full scope" of a family physician's work are essential to changing the U.S. healthcare system for the better, according to a leader in the movement...
The U.S. healthcare system is "financially unsustainable" and must be reformed, said the incoming president of the American Academy of Family Physicians in a speech that set an energetic ton...
Reps. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) and Lee Terry (R-Neb) have introduced a bipartisan bill designed to strengthen the U.S. public health system and improve its infrastructure at al...
The MetLife Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) and 11 of its member associations around the world. The money will be used for educational training and t...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded the Education Development Center, Inc. of Newton, Mass. for the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence...
Financial analysts who track healthcare technology companies Misys and Allscripts say Misys should have no problem obtaining the $305 million it needs to complete the planned merger with Allscripts....
According to a new study by The Access Project, nearly a quarter of non-corporate farm and ranch operators report spending a startling 42 percent of income on healthcare coverage and medical costs....
Officials of athenahealth, Inc., a provider of Internet-based business services for physician practices, say the company has signed a five-year contract extension with Plano, Texas-based Perot Systems...
"America's Agenda: Health Care for Kids," a non-partisan organization of labor and business leaders, has launched a TV and mail campaign aimed at persuading a divided Congress to approve leg...
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 2007, according to a report...