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By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | February 20, 2008
As America awaits the outcome of the presidential primaries, the fate of healthcare sits in the balance as well. With a win in Wisconsin Tuesday night, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)...
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 am | February 19, 2008
Healthcare officials and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts are taking steps to fight the rising costs of healthcare as they enter year two of the state's healthcare reform initiative....
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | February 19, 2008
A California state assemblyman has introduced legislation requiring insurers to seek approval from a state agency before they can cancel the policy of a covered life. The act...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | February 19, 2008
Therapeutic Associates, Inc. of Portland, Ore. will deploy athenahealth's on-demand practice management and billing service at its outpatient facilities in the Pacific Northwest....
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:00 am | February 18, 2008
OneOncology, Inc. of Orlando, Fla.recently closed its Series B round of financing. The funding will be used to facilitate the company's future electronic negotiation event cycles through 2008,...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | February 15, 2008
New legislation being introduced in Congress is aimed at improving care in nursing homes, in part by increasing transparency about who owns and operates the facilities and increasing financial penalti...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | February 15, 2008
Funds managed by MTS Health Investors LLC, a healthcare private equity firm, have purchased a majority stake in HealthHelp LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. H...
By Fred Bazzoli | 12:00 am | February 15, 2008
Merge Technologies, a medical imaging software and services company that has struggled with financial and regulatory issues for more than a year, has announced cuts and other moves to stem financial l...
By Diana Manos | 12:00 am | February 14, 2008
A bipartisan bill introduced in the House this week would bring the concept of nationwide universal health insurance, as recently discussed by leading presidential candidates, closer to reality....
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | February 14, 2008
Congress has passed an amendment to the High Education Act (HEA) of 1965 designed to aid medical students and residents with high debt burden and provide enough young physicians to care for the aging...