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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 17, 2008
Independence Blue Cross will extend its support for the Partnership for Patient Care, a quality and patient safety effort led by southeastern Pennsylvania hospitals, with $3 million in funding through...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 16, 2008
Despite the rapid growth of retail clinics, only a tiny fraction of American families in 2007 used them, according to a national study released today by the Commonwealth Fund.The number of re...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 16, 2008
Riverside Medical Center of Kankakee, Ill., expects supply savings of more than half a million dollars by joining the Illinois Purchasing Collaborative, a program of the Illinois Hospital Association...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 15, 2008
An economic stimulus package scheduled for approval in January could give Florida an additional $1.8 billion in federal Medicaid matching funds, according to a new report released by Families USA....
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 15, 2008
Maryland residents who provide care to family members or loved ones say it's important that state funding for home and community-based services be increased, according to a survey released by AARP Mar...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 12, 2008
The University of Minnesota has received a $40 million pledge for diabetes research from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation. Goals for the funding, to be paid over five years, are to ca...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 11, 2008
In the midst of an economic crisis, rising healthcare costs are causing workers to reduce spending on medical care, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt, a global consulting firm.According to the...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 11, 2008
Low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals and physicians lead to significantly higher health insurance costs for consumers and employers, according to a study released by Milliman, Inc....
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 10, 2008
A recent survey by the Travel Nurse Source say the travel nursing industry is "a pretty stable place to be, especially in today's financial climate". "Travel nursing has always...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 09, 2008
The Air Force has awarded Noninvasive Medical Technologies, Inc. a contract, valued at approximately $2.4 million, for continued development of the Multiple Casualty Assessment and Management System....