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America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at providing healthcare coverage to the more than 40 million uninsured Americans and laying the groundwork for universal cover...

A new national coalition of unions, community action groups, women's organizations and progressive think tanks kicked off a four-month blitz Tuesday with a single aim – to force the federal gove...

In an effort to reduce costs and to better align resources Cardinal Health, a global healthcare provider, has announced a consolidation of its businesses into two primary operating and reporting segme...

Government health insurers overpay specialists compared to primary care doctors and "exacerbate the shortage of primary care physicians," according to a study by Harvard Medical School resea...

Craneware, based in Orlando, Fla., has announced contracts with San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West and Newtown Square, Pa.-based Catholic Health East for the delivery of Craneware’s Ch...

Concierge Choice Physicians, a New York-based private company offering a "hybrid" model of concierge medicine, has expanded into Delaware, Virginia and Texas. CCP's model is designe...

A fugitive Miami businessman has been sentenced to 130 months in prison for his role in defrauding the Medicare program of millions of dollars through his two businesses.Gustavo Smith, 43, ow...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a massive proposed rule to update its approach for paying for hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgery center services.Under th...

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) Inc., sponsored by the Grubb & Ellis Company, has acquired Medical Portfolio 3, a collection of 13 healthcare-related properties co...

The American Association for Homecare has been denied a motion for a preliminary injunction in a federal lawsuit seeking to halt the "faulty implementation" of the durable medical equipment...