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Rene Letourneau

Rene is a former Editor for Healthcare Finance News.

By Rene Letourneau | 04:32 pm | September 12, 2011
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation will purchase Ascension Orthopedics for approximately $65 million in cash, subject to adjustments, the two companies announced Monday.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:02 am | September 12, 2011
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Friday the availability of approximately $700 million to help build, expand and improve community health centers across the United States.
By Rene Letourneau | 04:16 pm | September 09, 2011
All healthcare spending in the United States is projected to grow at an annual average rate of 5.8 percent for the period 2010 through 2020, according to a report released in late July by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
By Rene Letourneau | 04:02 pm | September 09, 2011
It’s going to be a record-breaking year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the healthcare industry, according to a recent report from Irving Levin Associates.
By Rene Letourneau | 01:37 pm | September 08, 2011
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded $248,000 to the Boston-based Fenway Institute to create a National Training and Technical Assistance Center to help community health centers improve the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations.
By Rene Letourneau | 05:51 pm | September 07, 2011
Charges were filed Wednesday against 91 defendants, including doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $295 million in false billing, announced Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
By Rene Letourneau | 03:45 pm | September 07, 2011
Janzen, Johnston & Rockwell Emergency Medicine Management Services Inc. (JJ&R), a provider of billing services for physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers, has agreed to pay the United States $4.6 million to settle allegations it submitted false claims to Medicare and Louisiana's Medicaid program.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:18 am | September 07, 2011
Ohio hospitals released a report Tuesday outlining the $2.9 billion in free or discounted services they provide annually to their local communities, including to some of the state's most vulnerable residents.
By Rene Letourneau | 02:47 pm | September 06, 2011
The National Science Foundation granted $500,000 to Indiana University to fund research to better understand how technologies can assist underserved older adults as they age in place.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:33 am | September 06, 2011
The Department of Health & Human Services announced Friday that rural health networks across the nation will receive more than $11.9 million to support their adoption of Health Information Technology (HIT) and certified Electronic Health Records (EHRs).