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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week announced payment rates for the nation's facilities that treat Medicare beneficaries for extended periods of time.Announced reductions...
Wal-Mart officials have announced phase three of the company's $4 Prescription Program, which now covers a 90-day prescriptions for $10, additional women's health medications and a new $4 over-the-cou...
The McKesson Corp. is boosting its RelayHealth connectivity services business with the acquisition of HTP, a Columbus, Ohio-based provider of healthcare compensation services.HTP's software s...
Bob Barbieri, The TriZetto Group, Inc.'s chief financial officer, has left the company, according to officials. TriZetto officials say Barbieri left for personal reasons and not as a result o...
The visa shortage for foreign healthcare workers may be nearing an end, according to HCCA International, a Tennessee-based healthcare recruiting company.The Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Ac...
The House passed the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act Thursday, joining the Senate in approving a bill more than 10 years in the making.The bill, expected to be signed by President...
Health insurers saw net premiums grow across the board in 2007, according to a recent survey from SNL Financial.Across the insurance industry, SNL reported that it was a highly profitable yea...
A new report from the Government Accountability Office indicates that health savings accounts are held by few people - but those who do have the tax-advantaged accounts are likely to have higher incom...
MedAssets, Inc. has agreed to acquire Accuro Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a provider of revenue cycle management software. The transaction is expected to be completed within 60 to 90 days....
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has turned its attention to changing the Medicare hospice wage index.Among other planned changes, CMS announced Tuesday that it will eliminate a...