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By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | June 13, 2008
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will become the first health insurance company to give its members the ability to create their own personal health records using Google Health. The integr...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | June 13, 2008
A series of blows and counter-blows in the Senate killed all chances this week of a Medicare payment fix getting off the ground. With less than three weeks left to block the mandated payment...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | June 13, 2008
A recent survey has found that Americans spent more than $11 billion on treating allergies in 2005 - a cost that has nearly doubled since 2000.The survey, conducted by the Agency for Healthca...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | June 12, 2008
Billing records for approximately 2.2 million patients and guarantors were reported stolen this week from the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics.Officials said they are now assessing...
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 am | June 12, 2008
Information technology and the ability to share health information are key to transforming the broken - and costly - U.S. healthcare system to one that keeps costs down by putting the patient and well...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | June 12, 2008
As part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force that has been operating in Miami since March 2007, three Miami-area brothers who allegedly financed 11 "corrupt" HIV infusion clinics and a physici...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | June 11, 2008
Microsoft officials have announced 15 recipients of funding from the company's HealthVault Be Well fund.Announced Tuesday during the Second Annual Microsoft HealthVault Solutions Conference i...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | June 11, 2008
The latest issue of Consumer Reports looks at how some patients, after being encouraged and sometimes pressured to use their credit cards to pay for medical expenses, are now facing debt....
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | June 11, 2008
A medical investment company has purchased a specialty hospital and two ambulatory surgery centers in Kansas.The Montecito Medical Investment Co. bought the facilities with Harrison Street Re...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | June 11, 2008
University Medical Center has received a  $7.175 million grant from UnitedHealth Group and Sierra Health Service to improve healthcare services to southern Nevadans. The five-year grant...