Eric Wicklund
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to re-open a financially troubled hospital is a bid to help a town in need of better healthcare services and an economic shot in the arm.
The merger of two Atlanta-based technology firms with extensive footprints in the payer industry is designed to provide health plans and insurers with access to more consumer health data.
Two large acquisitions and a retooled EMR/PM product geared toward community health centers have made for a busy month for Ingenix.
A new, cloud-based platform designed by IBM and ActiveHealth Management aims to take electronic medical records one step further by adding payers to the mix.
The latest company to take a stab at making sure people fill their prescriptions and stay on their medications is focused on one popular concept: Nobody wants to be a patient.
American CareSource Holdings, Inc., based in Dallas, has added three clients to its portfolio: Caprock HealthPlans, Inc., a Lubbock, Texas-based third party administrator, GreenTree Administrators, Inc., a Beaumont, Texas-based regional third party administrator, and Community Claims Administration, an Orange, Calif.-based third party administrator.
Electronic health records aren’t just for clinicians anymore. That's the thinking of the Healthcare Billing & Management Association, which will highlight the importance of EHRs to third-party medical billers and billing professionals during its 2010 Annual Conference, scheduled for Sept. 12-14 in St. Louis.
The TriZetto Group is looking to take advantage of continued BPO services growth fueled by health reform.
Passport Health Communications, a Franklin, Tenn.-based developer of business management and revenue cycle solutions for healthcare providers, on Wednesday unveiled Payment Navigator, a new solution designed to help match uninsured patients with the best available method of payment before they receive medical care.
MedAssets is adding more automation tools to its supply chain management platform through a deal with Prodigo Solutions.