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Fogarty International Center, the global arm of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched a $1.5 million-a-year grant program to fund domestic and overseas training of researchers to fight...
In a bipartisan battle over how to protect Medicare's future, the House passed a measure last week to prevent President Bush from going forward with a proposed Medicare savings plan.The Hous...
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, plans to introduce legislation this week designed to expose physicians who overuse self-referred imaging services under...
The Aecon Group, Inc., Canada's largest publicly traded construction and infrastructure development company, has completed negotiations for the renovation and expansion of Toronto Rehabilitation Insti...
MphasiS Healthcare Solutions/Eldorado of Phoenix has announced a partnership with NavigatorMD to use claims data from HEALTHpac and Javelina to improve health plan design and management....
Lester E. Cox Medical Centers, a not-for-profit healthcare system headquartered in Springfield, Mo., has agreed to pay $60 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kick...
Federal intervention will be needed if the United States hopes to advance nationwide healthcare IT adoption, according to Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag.At a House panel he...
A new bill seeks to support the use of patients' homes and community-based services as care sites, potentially providing several different financing incentives to the healthcare system.Sens....
The Colorado Rural Health Care Grant Council has awarded more than $1.9 million in grants to strengthen healthcare delivery in rural communities. More than $800,000 of that money will go to healthcare...
In an effort to increase the use of energy-efficient technology, the Department of Energy has launched the EnergySmart Hospitals initiative at the annual meeting of the American Society for Healthcare...