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Tuesday's announced merger of two competing electronic medical record vendors, ChartOne and HealthPort, has also produced a new company.ChartOne officials announced on Tuesday that eWebHealth...

A federal jury this week convicted the owner and operator of Pacific City Group, Inc., a Los Angeles-based durable medical equipment company, of defrauding the Medicare program of more than $1.1 milli...

Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., has agreed to pay the United States $3.85 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare."(The) settlement demonstra...

Hospitals putting up a fight against healthcare associated infections, or HAIs, are expected to save money and improve patient care, and a nationwide redesign to implement infection prevention procedu...

Healthcare providers are experiencing a continuing crunch for money, with health insurance carriers and state and federal governments reducing payments for healthcare services such as unreimbursed car...

Congress has moved one step closer to passing legislation that would require companies that offer mental health coverage to offer benefits, co-payments and treatment limits equal to those for traditio...

The HIV drug market, worth $9.3 billion in 2007, is expected to grow to $15.1 billion by 2017, driven by the increasing prevalence of HIV worldwide and the longer life expectancy of patients receiving...

HealthPort has boosted its portfolio of healthcare information management products with the acquisition of ChartOne, a Burlington, Mass.-based provider of release-of-information technology and service...

The State Alliance for e-Health, made up of governors and state officials from across the country, is calling on states to support e-prescribing and address medical privacy and security issues in orde...

The cost of developing novel drugs grows annually, yet each year fewer such drugs are gaining regulatory approval. As a result, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly shifting prescription drugs to...