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By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 09, 2008
The Air Force has awarded Noninvasive Medical Technologies, Inc. a contract, valued at approximately $2.4 million, for continued development of the Multiple Casualty Assessment and Management System....
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 09, 2008
Several Detroit-area hospitals have filed an emergency motion in Michigan's Wayne County Circuit Court against the United American Healthcare Corporation, the former manager of Detroit-based OmniCare,...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | December 09, 2008
Nearly nine in 10 hospital executives believe the current economic crisis will impact their facilities more heavily than the downturn of 2001-2002.This data comes from a survey titled "T...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | December 09, 2008
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.), who was arrested by the FBI on fraud and corruption charges this morning, allegedly attempted to use his power to appoint President-elect Barack Obama's replace...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | December 09, 2008
Contract negotiations between the Ohio Nurses Association and University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center broke down after the 6th session of negotiations, and hospital nurses plan to strike if no agre...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | December 08, 2008
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that while malpractice insurance rates are low in Maine and physician services are in demand amid new construction pro...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | December 08, 2008
Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, former Governor of Vermont has predicted that President-elect Obama will get his healthcare reform plan passed in stages, not in one fell sw...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | December 08, 2008
Comparing the effectiveness of various drugs, treatments and devices will be the key to reigning in out-of-control healthcare costs, according to top healthcare leaders who spoke Dec. 4 at the eHealth...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | December 08, 2008
Emdeon, a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions, has launched the U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index, designed to establish a national reference for tracking...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | December 08, 2008
Hospital executives confronted many big issues in 2008, and most of those concerns will be equally as important to them in 2009.The general decline of the U.S. economy has already hit heal...