Molly Merrill
According to the 2008 National Scorecard on U.S. Health System performance, America's health system continues to fall short of its healthcare goals regardless of resources invested. The score...
The Minnesota Bridges to Excellence program will recognize 104 clinics from 22 medical groups in Minnesota, western Wisconsin and North Dakota by paying physicians cash bonuses for meeting diabetes an...
Estimated to be a $700 million project, Kaiser Permanente plans to open a new, energy-efficient hospital on its Fontana Medical Center campus in Southern California by the fall of 2013. The s...
The Convergys Corporation will acquire Dallas-based Intervoice, Inc. for $335 million in cash or $8.25 per share. The acquisition will expand Cincinnati-based Convergys' automated and live agent offer...
Boston-based HealthHonors has launched its new behavior modification technology, a program that aims at motivating patients to adhere to drug therapy and wellness initiatives by using a points-reward...
California's pharmacies won a court order last Friday to halt the proposed 10 percent payment cuts for prescription drugs dispensed under the Medi-Cal program. The action was made in response...
More than 50 hospitals in California will be joining the Blue Shield of California Foundation's expanded California Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Initiative, an effort to curb the million...
The Senate approved a bill on Thursday that will phase out Medicare's higher co-pays for mental health services, bringing them in line with co-pays for physical healthcare services.The Senate...
In an effort to assist small to medium-sized practices and community health centers in Florida, electronic health record provider Sevocity is offering $50,0000 in grants to spur clinics to adopt EHRs....
A new white paper reports that despite a decline in the number of Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs in the past year, 85 percent of the sites selling these drugs don't req...