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Nearly 1 in 5 physicians now employ medical scribes, many provided by a vendor, who join doctors and patients in examination rooms.
Triple-S Management Corporation has agreed to settle potential HIPAA violations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human services to the tune of $3.5 million, after repeatedly failing to put safeguards in place for its beneficiaries' PHI.
A new survey from HealthITJobs.com shows that health IT workers are in high demand, and many -- especially those with "executive" in their title -- command top dollar.
The Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento recently opened the Anderson Lucchetti Women's and Children's Center, an $812 million medical expansion project comprising nearly 1 million square feet of space for patient care.
The case hinges on Vermont legislation requiring all administrators of self-insured benefit plans to regularly submit data on medical claims, pharmacy claims, member eligibility, provider and other information for use in the state's unified healthcare database.
Healthcare juggernaut Kaiser Permanente announced Friday they have inked a deal to acquire the Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative in a deal that will expand Kaiser's reach by roughly 509,000 members and add an entirely new region of coverage.
The struggling Daughters of Charity Health System will finally change hands after California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Thursday granted conditional approval for its $250 million bailout by Integrity Healthcare and BlueMountain Capital Management.
Though the outgoing governor of Kentucky and other supporters of the president's Affordable Care Act have been critical of a pledge made by incoming governor Matt Bevin to abolish the state exchange in favor of switching to the federal marketplace, his plan may have little effect on consumers.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bill repealing the bulk of the Affordable Care Act in a vote of 52 to 47 that largely went along party lines.
Beverly Hospital in Los Angeles has secured a $39.7 million bond from the California Statewide Communities Development Authority, a first bond issuance in the hospital's 66-year history.