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Commonwealth Fund researchers have created a plan that would insure 44 million of the estimated 48 million uninsured Americans in 2008 and save approximately $1.6 trillion over the next 10 years....
A survey last year of 450 major employers by Hewitt Associates found that close to half either offer or plan to offer incentives to employees to participate in health- or wellness-related initiatives....
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Finance, praised Eli Lilly and Company on Tuesday for endorsing a national registry of drug industry payments to medical doctors...
Hewlett-Packard Company officials announced that they have signed a $13.9 billion deal to acquire Electronic Data Systems Corp. in an effort to strengthen their services business.Under terms...
With the implementation on July 18 of "An Act To Prohibit Hospitals from Charging for Treatment To Correct Medical Mistakes" (L.D. 2044/H.P. 1428) Maine will join other states who have decid...
Merge Healthcare, Inc., a West Allis, Wis.-based developer of medical imaging and clinical software applications, is dumping its overseas subsidiaries after posting another loss during the first quart...
Various physician organizations told a House panel last week that they anticipate a significant number of their memberships dropping from Medicare participation should the 10.6 percent cut go into eff...
McKesson has launched a Medication Therapy Management pilot program with the Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative, a multi-organizational initiative led by the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, to st...
DataPath, based in Little Rock, Ark., and Atlanta-based RelayHealth have formed a "strategic relationship" to establish a connectivity service designed to streamline the payment cycle and da...
In an unusual move, the Federal Trade Commission is taking steps to block the proposed acquisition of Prince William Health System, Inc. by the Inova Health System Foundation.The FTC voted unanimou...