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By John Andrews | 01:00 am | January 29, 2008
THE PARTY MAY BE OVER, but the good times will continue in healthcare, financial analysts say. After a 2007 that saw capital funds flow  into healthcare, sources believe this year will...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 28, 2008
Benefit Informatics, a Tulsa, Okla.-based healthcare technology partner for self-insured benefit plan administrators, has added Sparks, Nev.-based CDS Group Health as a customer....
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | January 28, 2008
A recent report asserts that reforming the healthcare system to cover some or all of America's 47 million uninsured, as proposed by some 2008 presidential candidates, would increase demand for healthc...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 28, 2008
The promise of federal stimulation of the economy has prompted a call for assistance from the healthcare industry. Several healthcare groups have banded together to ask Congr...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 28, 2008
Wal-Mart Stores CEO and President Lee Scott says the company's decision to contract with select employers on prescription claims management will save some of the employers more than $100 million in 20...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
LONDON – After years of predicting that healthcare organizations would begin buying electronic health records, that time has apparently come. Spending on complex clinical information...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
WASHINGTON – Two national associations are raising concerns about the second phase of a competitive bidding program to be implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services....
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
Health centers can meet standards, study says Community health centers can adopt national performance standards and improve their quality of care. Results of a recent study concluded th...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
Figuring out how to fully contain healthcare costs is one difficult task. It reminds me of the age-old impossibility of trying to close your hand completely around a balloon that, while partially defl...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
With healthcare a top domestic issue in the 2008 presidential election, a new study shows that voters are  not likely to cross party lines when it comes to reform....