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WASHINGTON – The ability of the federal government to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies is shaping up as the first healthcare policy hot button of 2007. On Jan...
WASHINGTON − Apple’s stock-option granting practices may be the highest-profile case under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, but the inquiry into UnitedHealt...
Our family got a new car last summer. We really needed it, but it was more costly than we thought. So we’re figuring out ways to save money. If we just eliminate all those needless...
Healthcare promises to be a huge campaign issue in the 2008 election, political advisors for both major parties say. But well before then, President Bush wants to leave a positive legacy, callin...
WASHINGTON – Healthcare spending in 2005 slowed for the third consecutive year and is growing at a rate that’s comparable with the rest of the economy, the Centers for Medicare and Medicai...
RALEIGH, NC – The Center for Community Health Leadership, an initiative sponsored by Misys Healthcare Systems, has selected the city of Greater New Haven, Conn. as the first recipient of a grant...
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA – A recent study by a technology research organization concludes that asset tracking systems have yet to prove they can provide a return on investment for hospitals....
ROCHESTER, NY – The Eastman Kodak Company has announced the sale of its healthcare group to Toronto-baseda Onex Healthcare Holdings Inc. in a deal initially valued at $2.35 billion. Pendin...
NOVI, MI – Consolidation among health plans took a step forward in the competitive Michigan market last month with the announcement of the sale of a small health plan to a larger, provider-based...
Report: Hospitals to see extra $300M in revenues American hospitals are expected to find an additional $300 million in net patient revenues in 2007, as more than 1,000 additional...