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By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 23, 2007
NEW YORK - Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are taking far different approaches in proposing healthcare reform, according to an extensive analysis of the seven top candidates by the H...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | November 22, 2007
BOSTON - Massachusetts' statewide healthcare reform is expected to have spillover cost consequences on small businesses, according to a Thursday report released by the Center for Studying Health Syste...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 21, 2007
ALEXANDRIA, VA - The National Rural Health Association is backing three bills that the group contends would ensure the financial viability of community pharmacies. The...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | November 21, 2007
Carestream Health, Inc. of Rochester, N.Y. and Avreo, Inc. of Charleston, S.C. have entered into an agreement that enables Avreo to start selling Carestream’s line of eHealth Managed Serv...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | November 20, 2007
MALVERN, PA – “American Idol,” meet American healthcare. In an effort to bring its new product to the marketplace and help a cash-strapped, small hospital. Si...
By Jack Beaudoin | 01:00 am | November 20, 2007
BOSTON - The Massachusetts Hospital Association said Tuesday that its members will no longer charge patients or insurers for treatments rendered to address preventable errors that occur within a hospi...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | November 20, 2007
Contributed by Bill Lenhart and Richard Davis WHEN IT COMES TO nursing home, rehabilitation facility and hospital bankruptcy cases, most debtor companies are in financial distress because o...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | November 20, 2007
CHARLESTON, WV – Body mass index (BMI) trainings conducted in the three largest West Virginia cities were so successful that sponsor UniCare will expand the trainings to other regions in...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 20, 2007
WASHINGTON - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is continuing to reduce erroneous payments for Medicare services, although it's still struggling to overcome insufficient documentation errors...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | November 20, 2007
WASHINGTON – Laws that require employers to provide health insurance to employees are likely to reduce employment for low-wage workers, according to a study. Small busine...