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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a 60-day delay of the effective date of the Competitive Bidding Interim Final Rule, to April 18, 2009.

Six Miami-Dade County residents have been indicted on a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme, operated out of Midway Medical, a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in treating HIV/AIDS patients.

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Ia., has implemented a hiring freeze in addition to a salary freeze for managers, directors and senior management.

Congress passed the final version of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill last Friday, and it is expected to be signed into law by President Obama today in Denver.

The House voted Friday afternoon to approve the final version of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill by a 246-183 vote, according to CNN reports.

PivotLink, a San Francisco-based provider of on-demand business intelligence software, has closed a $10 million round of venture capital funding. The company's BI products have been implemented in several industries, including healthcare.

The Texas Nursing Workforce Shortage Coalition, a collection of healthcare organizations, business groups and education officials, has called on state legislators to address the state's critical nursing shortage.

The Minnesota Nurses Association and Allina Hospitals and Clinics have negotiated an agreement ensuring adequate nurse staffing, the health and safety of nurses and other system issues in the event of a natural disaster, catastrophic event, pandemic illness or response to terrorism.

Iatric Systems, Inc., will endow a hospital in need with an enterprise-wide patient privacy and auditing security solution worth $50,000 to $100,000, company officers have announced.

Generation Xers say they feel unprepared for long-term care and do not feel they are taking the necessary steps to prepare for their futures, according to a survey released today by America's Health Insurance Plans.