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JACKSONVILLE, FL – A coordinated effort is under way in Florida to prompt more physicians to use electronic prescribing. The initiative, called ePrescribe Florida, followed a new t...

WASHINGTON – Federal agencies and state and local enforcement personnel have made about 40 arrests in south Florida as part of a recently launched Medicare “strike force” to tar...

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Provider disconnects and inconsistent strategies are undermining U.S. pay-for-performance programs, a survey of healthcare payers reveals.Results of the survey, by Heal...

Despite polls ranking the healthcare crisis second only to the Iraq War as a concern for voters, few presidential candidates have emerged as champions of healthcare reform....

The long-awaited release of standard providers' identification numbers is expected within a month. The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday outlined its plan...

Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, Inc has signed a deal with the Colorado Medical Society, based in Denver, to allow the company's on-demand clinical and revenue-cycle management s...

Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) outlined last Thursday steps for what she says will cut runaway healthcare spending by one third. In a speech last Thursday at...

The federal government is considering lowering the amount of money paid to private fee-for-service Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The House Committee on Ways and Means Subco...

What does it take to successfully build a regional health information organization? It takes flexibility, with privacy and sustainability as key issues near the top of th...

According to a senior policy advisor for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), this year's top Democrat healthcare agenda includes "major" expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Pr...