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Molly Merrill

By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | August 04, 2008
The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) reiterated its opposition to the merger of Pittsburgh-based Highmark, Inc. and Independence Blue Cross, during testimony before the U....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | August 01, 2008
According to a final regulation published Thursday, hospices serving Medicare beneficiaries will see an estimated 2.5 percent increase in their payments for 2009. As part of the final rule, t...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 31, 2008
The growth of retail clinics and medical tourism shows that patients are seeking more alternative means of care and at lower costs - a trend that may be an opportunity for providers to shift toward a...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 31, 2008
Insurance software and e-commerce provider Ebix, Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Pittsburgh based-Acclamation Systems, a provider of SaaS-based healthcare benefits and claims management software....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
The South Carolina Hospital Association has partnered with Nashville, Tenn.-based nTelagent, Inc. in an effort to reduce bad debt and increase front-end collections for member hospitals. The...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
The City of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services agency has signed a $4 million contract with Affiliated Computer Services for an electronic patient records capture system. Under terms of t...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 30, 2008
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota says it is eliminating co-pays for members who use retail clinics. The health plan estimates that employers and members saved more than $1.25 million in he...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 29, 2008
GE Healthcare Financial Services has signed a $75 million deal to provide a senior secured credit facility to The Schumacher Group, an emergency medicine management firm based in Lafayette, La....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 29, 2008
Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, according to new estimates by the Department of Health and Human Services' Agen...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | July 28, 2008
The Aecon Group, Inc., Canada's largest publicly traded construction and infrastructure development company, has completed negotiations for the renovation and expansion of Toronto Rehabilitation Insti...