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South Carolina's 65 acute care hospitals are banding together to prevent healthcare-acquired infections across the state. The effort is expected to save hundreds of lives and as much $40 million a year.
More than two years in the making, Congress has passed a bill reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program. President Obama signed the bill into law Wednesday.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded four grants that could help improve the quality and performance of the United States public health system.
Two physician organizations are weighing in on the healthcare piece of the economic stimulus package, calling on the president and Congress to support healthcare information technology, additional funding for primary care training, Medicaid funding for states and comparative effectiveness research.
PERHAPS IT ISN’T just politics that make strange bedfellows. Like it or not, the healthcare industry is becoming more competitive and commercial as consumer-driven forces cause executives to re-evaluate their organizations’ status in the marketplace. And it is resulting in some interesting partnerships not previously seen.
A company that earned its reputation designing staffing schedules for dialysis centers is setting its sights on other healthcare providers.
The uncertainty hanging over Wall Street these days hasn’t stopped investors from forming a new commercial finance firm focused on healthcare.
While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program is moving toward national implementation in fits and starts, healthcare IT vendors are lining up with software designed to help hospitals make sense of the program.
The community of Duluth, Minn., will soon begin a pilot program designed to help small businesses that cannot afford to provide health insurance to their employees.