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COLUMBIA, SC – Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina has become the first major U.S. health insurer to offer its members access to Joint Commission International-accredited medical facilities...
NEWPORT BEACH, CA – London-based equity firm Apax Partners has agreed to buy the TriZetto Group, Inc. for $1.4 billion and plans to take it private.Under the terms of the agreement, Apa...
Blues: new incentives ‘crucial’ to healthcareThe Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association says any plans for healthcare reform should include incentives to provide quality care....
Physicians Healthcare Management Group, Inc., or Phyhealth, a developer of health maintenance organizations, has signed an agreement with Argus Dental, based in Tampa, Fla., to provide dental services...
ATLANTA – Georgia’s lawmakers have passed House Bill 977, which Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to sign into law any day now. The bill, the first of its kind in the nation, exempts...
PSS world medical sells shares of AthenahealthPSS World Medical has sold a portion of its shares of athenahealth, Inc., a Watertown, Mass.-based provider of Internet-based IT and business...
Arizona healthcare consumers can now compare hospitals' charges for specific inpatient services through the Web site AZHospitalChoice. Launched May 7 by the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare As...
NEW YORK – Hospital executives have their work cut out for them as they face the prospect of filling out a revamped Form 990 next year.However, rather than waiting too long, they should...
Rule could open homecare to Medicare beneficiariesMany Medicare beneficiaries will be able to receive care in their homes rather than an institutional setting, thanks to a proposed rule re...
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers came one step closer in April to blocking an estimated $20 billion in Medicaid cuts proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services.By a unanimous vote, t...