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Officials of Washington County, Tenn. broke ground Wednesday on the $121 million construction of Franklin Woods Community Hospital, the first certified "green" building and the first "g...

PSS world medical sells shares of AthenahealthPSS World Medical has sold a portion of its shares of athenahealth, Inc., a Watertown, Mass.-based provider of Internet-based IT and business...

Arizona healthcare consumers can now compare hospitals' charges for specific inpatient services through the Web site AZHospitalChoice. Launched May 7 by the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare As...

LOUISVILLE, KY – They had the name, and the technology came in increments. All they needed was the motivation.Last month, officials at SHPS, the Louisville, Ky.-based provider of health...

WAKEFIELD, MA – Short of bringing an accountant into the operating room, hospitals don’t have many options for easily and accurately determining OR revenues and cost consumption.P...

ATLANTA – Georgia’s lawmakers have passed House Bill 977, which Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to sign into law any day now. The bill, the first of its kind in the nation, exempts...

Physicians Healthcare Management Group, Inc., or Phyhealth, a developer of health maintenance organizations, has signed an agreement with Argus Dental, based in Tampa, Fla., to provide dental services...

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – London-based equity firm Apax Partners has agreed to buy the TriZetto Group, Inc. for $1.4 billion and plans to take it private.Under the terms of the agreement, Apa...

WASHINGTON – Families USA’s report, “Dying for Coverage,” highlighted how inadequate healthcare condemns people to an early death and a lack of healthcare is a matter of life a...

COLUMBIA, SC – Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina has become the first major U.S. health insurer to offer its members access to Joint Commission International-accredited medical facilities...