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Med Data Inc., a provider of medical billing services has acquired revenue cycle management and personalized patient communications company MedDirect, Inc.

Quality professionals working in the healthcare industry made an average of $85,473 in 2011 reports the American Society for Quality in its annual salary survey, but it's the job trends that it hints at that offer a glimpse of the future.

HealthyWage, a company offering Americans a chance to place bets on their ability to lose weight using any diet and fitness program they choose, announced Tuesday that it paid out over $450,000 in 2011.

"In 2012, meaningful use will soar," National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari asserted at the Jan. 10 meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee.

The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid more than $2.5 billion to physicians and hospitals in incentive payments for all of 2011, with December contributing to the steep growth curve.

Health Net, Inc. subsidiary Health Net Life Insurance Co. announced it has agreed to sell its Medicare stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) business to a subsidiary of CVS Caremark for $160 million.

The mobile health app market is poised for big growth and expected to reach $392 million in 2015, says research firm Frost & Sullivan.

The New Hampshire State Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that alleges the state is making inadequate Medicaid reimbursements.

U.S. healthcare spending was up 3.9 percent in 2010, just slightly more than the 3.8 percent growth seen in 2009, according to numbers released Monday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

The Q4 HWS Labor Market Pulse Index (LMPI), a quarterly barometer of local market healthcare workforce fluctuations released Monday, shows a 6 percent uptick in near-term demand for healthcare workers in 30 key U.S. markets.