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By Jeff Marion | 12:00 am | September 15, 2008
In a bid to address the nation's nursing shortage, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded the first round of $28 million in grants to 15 junior faculty nurses around the country.The R...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | September 15, 2008
MedeFinance, Inc. of Emeryville, Calif. has announced that St. Vincent Health System, based in Little Rock, Ark. and part of Catholic Health Initiatives, will implement the company’s Reve...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | September 15, 2008
The respiratory disposables and reusable respiratory accessories market is undergoing a dramatic change caused in part by a recent government regulation that bans the use of chlorofluorocarbon in inha...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | September 12, 2008
Five years after the implementation of extensive medical liability reforms, Texas hospitals report major reductions in liability costs and reinvestment of savings in new patient-oriented programs....
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | September 12, 2008
A growing number of providers and health plans surveyed by the eHealth Initiative report a positive return on their healthcare exchange investments, according to eHi's fifth annual survey, released Th...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | September 12, 2008
Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based healthcare services company, has announced plans to dispose of two of its unprofitable long-term acute care hospitals.Kindred has signed a $2...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | September 12, 2008
Seven states have received $8.3 million in federal grants to increase awareness of home- and community-based long-term care options for people leaving hospitals who otherwise may enter a traditional n...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | September 11, 2008
Officials at MedAvant Healthcare Solutions have received approval from a bankruptcy court to sell the struggling provider of healthcare technology and transaction services for $24.35 million....
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | September 11, 2008
A growing number of providers and health plans surveyed by the eHealth Initiative report a positive return on their healthcare exchange investments, according to eHi's fifth annual survey, released Th...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | September 11, 2008
The Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania has reportedly reduced hospital admissions by 20 percent and saved 7 percent in total medical costs by providing a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) mode...