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The Convergys Corporation will acquire Dallas-based Intervoice, Inc. for $335 million in cash or $8.25 per share. The acquisition will expand Cincinnati-based Convergys' automated and live agent offer...

Estimated to be a $700 million project, Kaiser Permanente plans to open a new, energy-efficient hospital on its Fontana Medical Center campus in Southern California by the fall of 2013. The s...

The TriZetto Group's conversion from a public-traded company to a private concern is nearing its conclusion.At a special meeting held on July 14, shareholders representing 34.2 million shares...

Transylvania Community Hospital, a 94-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Brevard, N.C., is using a three-year, $540,000 federal grant to install an electronic medical record to communicate with lo...

Boston-based HealthHonors has launched its new behavior modification technology, a program that aims at motivating patients to adhere to drug therapy and wellness initiatives by using a points-reward...

A new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicates the federal government recovered nearly $700 million in improper Medicare payments through its recovery audit contractors (RA...

Ten states have activated new substance abuse prevention and treatment health codes for screening and brief intervention (SBI) of Medicaid-eligible patients, according to Dr. Bertha K. Madras, deputy...

TransUnion, based in Chicago, has announced a partnership with San Diego-based Benchmark Revenue Management that will integrated TransUnion’s healthcare revenue cycle platform and...

A report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revealed that the recovery audit contractors (RAC) pilot program is successfully identifying improper payments - so much so that $693.6...

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital will launch an electronic health record, thanks to a $334,268 grant from a state charitable fund.The $50 million fund was established by state regulators in 20...