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The Huron Consulting Group's healthcare practice is offering a new product that aims to help healthcare providers steer a straight path through the revenue cycle management maze.

Aetna and P4 Healthcare, a division of Cardinal Health, have announced an expansion of its evidence-based program to improve care by identifying and promoting best practices in the treatment of certain types of cancer.

New MainStream Capital and MBF Healthcare Partners have announced the merger of Tennessee-based SunCrest Healthcare and Florida-based OMNI Home Care, creating one of the largest post-acute care providers of home health services in the southeastern United States.

A study in The Archives of Internal Medicine has listed the top five activities in family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics where the quality of care could be improved and costs of care could be reduced.

The University of Michigan's Board of Regents has set aside $13.7 million to create the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, which will focus on public health policy and an interdisciplinary approach to tackling healthcare challenges.

The Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minn., and the Altru Health System of North Dakota have announced a new alliance.

A new survey indicates 82 percent of the leaders in health and healthcare policy believe states should be allowed to implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act with full federal support ahead of the timeline outlined in the law.

Emergency Medical Services, a Colorado-based ambulance operator and physician services company, has completed its merger with private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. The $3.2 billion sale, announced in February, is expected to close on May 25.

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has announced a $241 million settlement - the largest recovery in the history of the state's False Claims Act - with Quest Diagnostics to recover illegal overcharges to the state's medical program for the poor.