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A bill introduced in Congress earlier this week aims to provide transparency in medical device pricing for hospitals to help them negotiate on prices and reduce Medicare spending....

An industry coalition of providers, suppliers, group purchasing organizations and others has endorsed standards for organizational and product idenfiers intended to facilitate supply ordering and othe...

Rising costs are forcing Americans to change the way they use the healthcare system, according to the results a survey released this week. However, the jury’s out for consum...

MINNEAPOLIS – Consumer-directed health plans, or CDHPs, have garnered a lot of attention and growth in the last couple of years, but industry experts say the market is still untapped....

Spring Medical seeks series A capital funding Spring Medical Systems, a Houston-based provider of software solutions for small and medium-sized medical practices, has retained Growt...

VIDALIA, GA – Do process management approaches that work in other industries have an impact in a healthcare environment? Meadows Regional Medical Center has become a believer....

IRVINE, CA – A recent study of standardized provider identification numbers released by the federal government questions the accuracy of the data associated with those numbers. Some 1...

MSHA unveils new hospital name, environmental plans Mountain States Health Alliance, Johnson City, Tenn., has announced plans to build an environmentally friendly Franklin Woods Commu...

ATLANTA – At a time when reimbursements are low and the threat of an audit looms large, it can be hard for physicians to get paid for the value of their services. Practices that have taken the e...

ORLANDO, FL – More than $1 billion worth of drug orders from hundreds of community oncologists across the United States will be offered up for bid on Tuesday, Dec. 11 in the first electronic auc...