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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....
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...
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will provide $2 million in individual assistance for victims of Hurricane Ike from affected counties in Texas through a new Emergency Prescription As...
The orthopedics and sports medicine group OrthoArkansas has deployed a practice management and billing service for its physician organization.OrthoArkansas, comprised of 21 orthopedic physici...
Computer giant Hewlett-Packard, moving quickly to integrate newly acquired Electronic Data Systems (EDS) into its portfolio, has announced that it will cut 24,600 jobs, or 7.5 percent of its workfo...
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania plans to invest $750,000 in state funds, to be matched by $870,000 in private funds, to benefit nursing education programs statewide.The $1.6 million Nurse Ed...
Staten Island University Hospital will pay the United States government more than $74 million to settle claims that the hospital defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and the military's health insurance progra...
A study released Monday by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows when it comes to advertising, insurers favor Medicare Advantage over stand-alone drug plans.According to the study, insurers placed...
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...
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...