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Contributed By Thomas R. Green THIS FALL, Standard & Poor’s issued a report expressing concern over the credit risks of not-for-profit healthcare providers with speculative-grade rati...
Task force makes fiscal suggestions for hospitalThe Hospital System Strategic Task Force, assembled by Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell, has presented draft recommendations to improve Connecticut&#...
DALLAS – Lance Armstrong notched seven consecutive victories in the Tour de France. Last month, the former cyclist and cancer survivor won his first major political battle, when Texas voters...
The Leapfrog Group has unveiled two new provider tools, both of which are geared toward a value-driven healthcare system. Under the U.S. healthcare system, patients most often...
BELFAST, ME - Another member of the Bush family is coming to Maine. athenahealth, a Watertown, Mass-based provider of Internet-based business services f...
WASHINGTON - Contrary to popular belief, baby boomers aren't projected to be the major factor in healthcare spending increases over the next several decades, according to a new report from the Congres...
CHICAGO - Healthcare organizations are under the gun to increase efficiency and optimize investments in radiological systems, as cuts in Medicare reimbursement for outpatient diagnostic services that...
WASHINGTON - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sought input from consumers, purchasers, provider groups and associations, and other stakeholders as it developed its proposed changes to th...
MANCHESTER, NH - Democratic presidential hopeful Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) said his healthcare reform plan would not increase bureaucracy, but would mandate healthcare coverage for all Americans....
The American Medical Association's House of Delegates recently recommended that physicians receive a full, refundable tax credit to help them buy and use healthcare information technology....