Eric Wicklund
An ongoing battle between state officials and health insurers over proposed rate hikes is putting Massachusetts front and center in the debate over controlling healthcare costs.
WM Healthcare Solutions, Inc., of Houston, a subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc., has purchased Medserve, Inc.’s Newton, Kan.-based autoclave treatment facility and its transfer stations in Kansas City, Kan., Oklahoma City, Okla., Omaha, Neb., and Booneville, Mo., from Stericycle, Inc.
Four years after undergoing a $21 billion leveraged buyout, hospital operator HCA, Inc., is seeking yet another return to the public domain.
Ingenix and Health Language, Inc. on Wednesday unveiled the Ingenix Global Code Manager, a solution designed to translate between the 13,000-item ICD-9 code set and the expanded ICD-10 code set, which contains more than 68,000 codes.
eHealth, Inc., the parent company of eHealthInsurance.com and eHealthMedicare.com, has acquired privately held PlanPrescriber, Inc., for approximately $28.7 million in cash.
athenahealth has signed a contract to provide revenue cycle management services to Lourdes Medical Associates, a Haddon Heights, N.J.-based healthcare management association.
Unity Management Group, Inc., a Miami-based provider of physician and hospital practice management programs, medical discount plans, business services and billing software and technologies, has announced a partnership with Southwest Healthcare to expand its network into Nevada.
ZirMed is celebrating Earth Day with a new product designed to reduce paper billing costs for providers – and make the process easier for patients.
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan filed for bankruptcy last week and laid off more than 1,000 employees this week as it prepared to close its doors for good by the end of the month.
SUNRx, based in Bensalem, Pa., has announced the release of a new 340B ‘least cost’ solution that scans multiple drug pricing programs to ensure the lowest cost on prescription drugs for community health organizations and patients.