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New legislation being introduced in Congress is aimed at improving care in nursing homes, in part by increasing transparency about who owns and operates the facilities and increasing financial penalti...
Merge Technologies, a medical imaging software and services company that has struggled with financial and regulatory issues for more than a year, has announced cuts and other moves to stem financial l...
A bipartisan bill introduced in the House this week would bring the concept of nationwide universal health insurance, as recently discussed by leading presidential candidates, closer to reality....
Congress has passed an amendment to the High Education Act (HEA) of 1965 designed to aid medical students and residents with high debt burden and provide enough young physicians to care for the aging...
The Center for Community Health Leadership is calling for proposals for its third grant to a local community to pay for electronic health records software and services. The center...
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed a plan Tuesday to improve the quality and safety of healthcare through the confidential reporting of medical errors. According to the proposed rule...
The HLTH Corporation has sold its minority interest in Emdeon Business Services to the company that owns the majority stake in the business. HLTH also said efforts to acquire the port...
A six-month government investigation has led to charges that Ingenix operates a defective and manipulated database that is used by most major health insurance companies to set reimbursement rates....
Fresh off the signing of a contract with Singapore's largest healthcare provider, Eclipsys has hired a healthcare veteran to continue its momentum in the Far East. The Atl...
A new BearingPoint study says the implementation of universal healthcare in the United States could increase the use of healthcare savings accounts even beyond original projections. However, they warn...