Healthcare Finance Staff

WellCare Health Plans, Inc., is laying off 9 percent of its workforce as part of a restructuring move.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made available $75 million in grants to help states expand health insurance access to the uninsured.

Eighty-five percent of New Hampshire hospitals are experiencing declining financial health as a result of the recession, despite implementing cost-saving measures such as reducing administrative expenses and cutting staff.

The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., plans to roll out its existing automated billing system to some 150 specialty providers with practices in southern New Hampshire.

Overall hospital prices increased 0.1 percent in April, and were 2.4 percent higher than a year ago, according to a report by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has cut Medicaid payments for hospital services by 7.16 percent to reduce the state's budget deficit.

UNC Hospitals, a 724-bed academic medical center located in Chapel Hill, N.C., plans to implement a new automated Software-as-a-Service tool to manage the hospital's supply contracts and services agreements.

Most healthcare vendors are focused these days on improving the physician-patient relationship. API Healthcare finds its niche in looking in the other direction.

With new funding, new leadership and a year of positive growth in the books, Reva Systems is entering the healthcare market on a high note.

NewsMaker Interview: James Levett, MD, chief medical officer, The Physicians' Clinic of Iowa (Cedar Rapids), and chairman, American Society for Quality's healthcare division