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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | December 01, 2007
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...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | December 01, 2007
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&#...
By Jack Beaudoin | 01:00 am | December 01, 2007
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...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 30, 2007
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...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | November 29, 2007
BELFAST, ME - Another member of the Bush family is coming to Maine. athenahealth, a Watertown, Mass-based provider of Internet-based business services f...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | November 28, 2007
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...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | November 28, 2007
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...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | November 28, 2007
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...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | November 28, 2007
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....
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 27, 2007
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....