Fred Bazzoli
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing new rules that would give states flexibility in designing their own Medicaid programs, with the hopes of aligning the federal-state programs w...
Medicare is moving closer to a prospective payment system for the dialysis centers that supply ongoing care to beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, or ESRD. A report to Cong...
MedAssets, Inc. of Atlanta has entered into a new multi-year agreement with the Bon Secours Health System of Marriottsville, Md. to expand its relationship by implementing a suite of MedAssets...
Merge Healthcare Inc. has laid out a game plan for economic survival, including debt or equity financing, the sale of selected assets and ongoing cost saving initiatives. The Milwa...
The city attorney for Los Angeles has reacted quickly to citizen complaints filed on a new Web site, filing suit on Thursday against health insurer Health Net Inc. Los Angeles C...
Spending on hospital and health facility construction is rising at a record pace and could exceed $60 billion annually by 2010, according to a report released Tuesday. Construction...
The HLTH Corp. and the WebMD subsidiary in which it holds a majority stake have announced a definitive deal to merge. Under the agreement announced Thursday, HLTH, which owns an...
BOSTON- An organization representing the information management outsourcing industry is taking issue with a new Illinois law that provides wide access to information from electronic health records, sa...
A California state assemblyman has introduced legislation requiring insurers to seek approval from a state agency before they can cancel the policy of a covered life. The act...
New legislation being introduced in Congress is aimed at improving care in nursing homes, in part by increasing transparency about who owns and operates the facilities and increasing financial penalti...