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By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | September 19, 2008
Reformed payment policies that honor the "full scope" of a family physician's work are essential to changing the U.S. healthcare system for the better, according to a leader in the movement...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | September 19, 2008
House lawmakers took an aggressive approach to healthcare reform in two separate hearings held on September 18.The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health considered the...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | September 18, 2008
Reps. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) and Lee Terry (R-Neb) have introduced a bipartisan bill designed to strengthen the U.S. public health system and improve its infrastructure at al...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | September 18, 2008
Financial analysts who track healthcare technology companies Misys and Allscripts say Misys should have no problem obtaining the $305 million it needs to complete the planned merger with Allscripts....
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | September 18, 2008
The U.S. healthcare system is "financially unsustainable" and must be reformed, said the incoming president of the American Academy of Family Physicians in a speech that set an energetic ton...
By Jeff Marion | 12:00 am | September 18, 2008
The MetLife Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) and 11 of its member associations around the world. The money will be used for educational training and t...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | September 18, 2008
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded the Education Development Center, Inc. of Newton, Mass. for the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | September 17, 2008
Officials of athenahealth, Inc., a provider of Internet-based business services for physician practices, say the company has signed a five-year contract extension with Plano, Texas-based Perot Systems...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | September 17, 2008
"America's Agenda: Health Care for Kids," a non-partisan organization of labor and business leaders, has launched a TV and mail campaign aimed at persuading a divided Congress to approve leg...
By Jeff Marion | 12:00 am | September 17, 2008
According to a new study by The Access Project, nearly a quarter of non-corporate farm and ranch operators report spending a startling 42 percent of income on healthcare coverage and medical costs....