Molly Merrill

Officials of athenahealth, Inc., a provider of Internet-based business services for physician practices, say the company has signed a five-year contract extension with Plano, Texas-based Perot Systems...

The orthopedics and sports medicine group OrthoArkansas has deployed a practice management and billing service for its physician organization.OrthoArkansas, comprised of 21 orthopedic physici...

Kan-ed, a statewide information network administered by the Kansas Board of Regents, has named 94 organizations as recipients of equipment and technology grants. Kan-ed has so far awarded $2....

Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based healthcare services company, has announced plans to dispose of two of its unprofitable long-term acute care hospitals.Kindred has signed a $2...

According to a national survey of insurers and administrators, costs for the most popular types of healthcare coverage are projected to increase at double-digit rates through the remainder of 2008 and...

In an effort to help physicians manage patients with chronic diseases, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana will participate in the Indiana Health Information Exchange's Quality Health First (...

J.P. Morgan has reported that its Health Savings Account business has grown by 60 percent in account volume over the last year.The firm reports seeing a 97 percent adoption rate among eligibl...

According to a survey released by the Medical Society of the State of New York, physicians in New York say health insurer rules often force them to change how they treat their patients. Accor...

Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., has implemented a Web-based staffing service to help the hospital system manage nursing shifts across its three campuses.The hospital deploye...

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $7 million in grants to 58 schools of nursing, in an effort to ease the nation's nursing shortage.The grants were awarded through the RWJF's New...