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Kan-ed, a statewide information network administered by the Kansas Board of Regents, has named 94 organizations as recipients of equipment and technology grants. Kan-ed has so far awarded $2....
Miami physicians Carlos Contreras, MD, and Ramon Pichardo, MD, pled guilty last week to defrauding the Medicare program in connection with a $6.8 million HIV infusion fraud scheme.Contreras,...
Five years after the implementation of extensive medical liability reforms, Texas hospitals report major reductions in liability costs and reinvestment of savings in new patient-oriented programs....
A growing number of providers and health plans surveyed by the eHealth Initiative report a positive return on their healthcare exchange investments, according to eHi's fifth annual survey, released Th...
Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based healthcare services company, has announced plans to dispose of two of its unprofitable long-term acute care hospitals.Kindred has signed a $2...
Seven states have received $8.3 million in federal grants to increase awareness of home- and community-based long-term care options for people leaving hospitals who otherwise may enter a traditional n...
A growing number of providers and health plans surveyed by the eHealth Initiative report a positive return on their healthcare exchange investments, according to eHi's fifth annual survey, released Th...
Officials at MedAvant Healthcare Solutions have received approval from a bankruptcy court to sell the struggling provider of healthcare technology and transaction services for $24.35 million....
According to a national survey of insurers and administrators, costs for the most popular types of healthcare coverage are projected to increase at double-digit rates through the remainder of 2008 and...
The Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania has reportedly reduced hospital admissions by 20 percent and saved 7 percent in total medical costs by providing a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) mode...