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Practice Fusion, a company that provides free online electronic health records to physicians, announced last week it will partner with Physician Services, Inc. (PSI) of California and Azalea Health In...

A new report by the Government Accountability Office questions some $90 million in payments to federal contractors under the Medicare Part D prescription drug program....

The Internal Revenue Service has released a final updated version of Form 990, the return that charities and other tax-exempt organizations are required to file annually. The new form...

Blue Shield of California Foundation has granted $6 million to nonprofits statewide. The funding supports expanding access to care and coverage, boosts financing for the state's school health centers...

Oakwood Healthcare has taken steps to provide transparency in reporting procedure pricing by making it available to patients through its Web site. The site will provide pricing information for surgeri...

A General Accounting Office report yesterday showed that adult coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program is causing an undue burden on some states. ...

Philips appears to have completed its Christmas shopping with a planned $5.1 billion purchase of home medical equipment supplier Respironics. The acquisition - the fourth in recent weeks for the Dutch...

Emdeon Business Services has bolstered its healthcare portfolio with the purchase of IXT Solutions, a provider of integrated patient billing and payment solutions. Both companies a...

Officials at Baltimore-based Harbor Hospital announced this morning that the facility has inked a $3.1 million revenue cycle management contract to streamline administrative workflow, allowing its phy...

Investment in a healthcare incentive, decision-making and cost-effectiveness program could save the United States $368 billion over 10 years, a new report contends. Combined with other healthcare effi...