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Spending on hospital services could top $1 trillion in 2008, based on estimated growth in hospital charges between 1997 and 2005. Data also indicated that the growth...
Uncertainty over plans to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program is likely to cause states to cut back on coverage and take other steps to cut back on services....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday that 42.5 million U.S. residents of all ages were uninsured in the first half of 2007. There was no significant change in the percentage...
The CareSource Foundation has announced its sixth round of healthcare-related grants, with a total of $127,000 going to 15 organizations. The grants aim to assist t...
Organizations hoping to exchange health data within geographic regions are struggling to achieve their chief goals, and many are failing financially. Electronic clinical data ex...
The American College of Physicians, the nation's largest medical specialty group, yesterday endorsed single-payer healthcare as a national reform agenda. ACP, wit...
Just in time for the holidays: Health insurance purchased online. Motivated in part by an expected 29 percent increase in online purchases this holiday season,...
A large national bank and a healthcare information technology vendor long known for enabling healthcare transactions are teaming up in an alliance to jointly serve their clients....
The Sentinel Group, a Lake Forest, Ill.-based provider of health claim fraud and abuse services, has signed Summit Administration Services, a third-party administrator based in Scottsdale, Ariz...
Mountain States Health Alliance has signed an agreement to purchase Russell County Medical Center (RCMC), a 78-bed acute care hospital located in Lebanon, Va. The hospital is currently affiliated with...