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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | April 01, 2008
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. Picis, Inc....
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | April 01, 2008
Two large pharmaceutical companies are being asked to defend themselves against charges that they withheld information that an enhanced cholesterol-lowering drug is no more effective than generic stat...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | April 01, 2008
Western Governors University has been awarded a three-year, $725,000 nursing grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - a step the foundation believes will help provide the nation with more nurses...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | April 01, 2008
A study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine reports that 59 percent of U.S. physicians support the idea of national health insurance....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | April 01, 2008
Global Med Technologies has inked a $11.5 million deal to acquire private European software company Inlong, SA, and its German and related subsidiaries. Inlog, based in Lyon...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | March 31, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday updated the Hospital Compare consumer Web site to give consumers more information about their hospitals....
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | March 31, 2008
Health Evolution Partners has launched a network that will serve as an investment fund for financing healthcare innovations and boosting their presence in mainstream health practices. The organization...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | March 31, 2008
Two Midwestern vendors with footprints in the healthcare finance sector are joining forces to market a single claims processing and remittance solution for healthcare banking. G...
By Richard Pizzi | 12:00 am | March 31, 2008
The official word from executives at Misys and Allscripts after the two companies announced a proposed merger in late March was resoundingly positive. Misys CEO Mike Lawrie called Allscripts the "perf...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | March 31, 2008
Atlanta-based MedAssets has formed a vendor management program designed to help hospitals fully develop and implement vendor policies. The program, developed and launched by the company's Spend...