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Contributed by Carter Pate FOR THE FIRST TIME since President Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, the topic of healthcare is the most important domestic issue. That means health industry e...

EXPERTS BOTH ON AND OFF CAPITOL HILL say healthcare will be key in the upcoming election year. Among the most hotly debated issues is reform and how to insure the uninsured – a to...

LOUISVILLE, KY – Health plans and large employer groups are looking to implement best practices and quantify ROI to validate wellness programs with incentives....

WASHINGTON – Long-term care groups are concerned about the conflicting pressures of increasing calls for quality and declining reimbursements. Nursing home organizations were hopin...

CHICAGO – Healthcare organizations are under the gun to increase efficiency and optimize investments in radiological systems, as cuts implemented this year in Medicare reimbursement for out...

WASHINGTON – Payers are supporting Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt’s call for large payers, including Medicare and Medicaid, to mandate e-prescribing....

BOSTON – When the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decided in April 2006 to make it mandatory that all residents have health insurance, officials realized they’d better have something in...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) today is expected to outline a bleak prognosis for the budget of running the nation's most populous state and the impact the funding will have on citizens' health...

FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE Newt Gingrich and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) have added their voices to the call for electronic prescribing. Kerry is among the sponsors of bipartisan legislation...

BOSTON – Massachusetts hospitals will no longer charge patients or insurers for treatments rendered to address preventable errors that occur within a hospital. With this annou...