Eric Wicklund

One of the nation's largest healthcare IT companies has pledged $2 million to help develop school-based healthcare centers in rural Louisiana.

Cymetrix, an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of revenue cycle management solutions, has announced a collaboration with Seattle-based UW Medicine to provide self-pay accounts receivable management services to two of the three hospitals in the medical system.

Benefitfocus has added new tools to its healthcare benefits platform through the recent acquisition of Benefit Informatics, Inc., an Oklahoma-based provider of data analytics.

A partnership of two California-based companies with national client bases aims to give hospital patients easier access to money to pay their bills.

Maine held its first official telehealth summit on Tuesday, and among the topics for discussion was the issue of reimbursing healthcare providers for telemedicine services rendered.

The Premier healthcare alliance has announced that Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa, Iowa, is joining LaborConnect, Premier’s labor management program designed to help hospitals succeed under changes imposed by healthcare reform.

Two healthcare IT companies are joining forces to help healthcare providers take advantage of the Federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, which offers qualified hospitals access to reduced-price prescription drugs.

Amerinet, Inc., a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has signed a new supplier agreement with Masimo, the Irvine, Calif.-based developer of Rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry, Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring and SET Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry systems.

Ingenix has unveiled a special version of its CareTracker practice management and EHR system, designed for federally qualified health centers looking to demonstrate meaningful use and qualify for federal incentive funding.

Payers aren't always in the loop when when physicians and patients get together to map out a healthcare regimen. IBM is looking to the clouds to change that.