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AUGUSTA, ME – Dana Connors, president of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, was looking for a way to help member businesses deal with the staggering need for and cost of healthcare. He found a...

SAN FRANCISCO – Blue Shield of California (BSC) and Kaiser Permanente studies have shown that their respective home-based care coordination programs have delivered a clear return on inves...

President Bush and Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt fielded questions this morning on reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which expires in 10 days. The...

These are tough times for physicians – especially for those trying to run an independent practice. Recent research suggests that low compensation levels are driving several tr...

IF EVER THERE WAS an administrative process tailor-made for top-down direction, it’s workflow redesign. It starts with a senior executive master plan and gravitates through the organization...

WASHINGTON – Medicare officials must make physician reimbursement data available to the public by Sept. 21, a U.S. district court ordered in late August. The Centers for Medicare & Me...

CHICAGO – The good times just keep on rolling for Allscripts. The Chicago-based provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions for physician practices has annou...

AHA responds to tax-exempt proposals, tax form The American Hospital Association has responded to two initiatives that would affect tax-exempt hospitals. It told the Internal Revenu...

ALPHARETTA, GA – One company’s announcement last month that it is planning an initial public offering of stock is expected to throw a new wrinkle into the competitive group purchasing mark...

NORWALK, CT – With energy costs and conservation consciousness rising, health facility managers see the wisdom behind improving energy efficiency. However, retrofitting existi...