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Early results of a pay-for-quality pilot program reveal improvements in quality of care and reductions in emergency room and hospital admissions. The preliminary results were...
A large medical device and equipment trade organization, as well as a two large manufacturers of supplies, have voiced qualified support for a law that would disclose companies' payments to physicians...
Community Health Systems Inc. became the largest client in IT vendor athenahealth's history when CHS decided to replace its current practice management and billing systems with an on-demand solution f...
Health expenditures are still rising far faster than the rate of inflation, and that rate of increase is expected to remain steady for the next nine years, according to recent estimates by the federal...
A new study shows that growing Washington D.C. suburbs are providing construction growth and merger opportunities for health systems. HealthLeaders-InterStudy recently reported...
Recent survey findings reveal that healthcare companies rely on acquisitions to play a contributing role in their business strategies. The study,titled M&A in Challenging Times,...
Humana Inc., one of the nation's largest health insurers, announced Monday that it had agreed to buy UnitedHealth Group's Las Vegas-based Medicare Advantage business for $185 million....
After installing an electronic health record system, officials at CMH Regional Health System in Ohio still felt a gap in technology that was costing the hospital when it came to imaging documents - th...
Eclipsys Corporation officials announced Monday morning at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's 2008 conference that they have acquired Enterprise Performance Systems, Inc., a v...
MedAssets, Inc. of Atlanta has entered into a new multi-year agreement with the Bon Secours Health System of Marriottsville, Md. to expand its relationship by implementing a suite of MedAssets...