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By Chris Anderson | 11:33 am | February 18, 2011
In a letter to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer earlier this week, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius informed Brewer that the state does not need an HHS waiver for its plans to remove more than 250,000 people from its Medicaid rolls.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:50 am | February 18, 2011
University of North Carolina Hospitals will be using Carefx Corporation's Fusionfx Physician Insight Plus performance improvement dashboard to compare performance and increase efficiency and patient satisfaction.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:24 pm | February 17, 2011
We've seen the ease with which he bested his human opponents on the Jeopardy! challenge. Next up for Watson the supercomputer? Improving the delivery of healthcare.
By Chris Anderson | 11:43 am | February 17, 2011
HP Enterprise Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority have signed a $281 million, seven-year contract aimed at preparing the state for healthcare reform mandates and making more services available to the state's Medicaid program members.
By Diana Manos | 11:36 am | February 17, 2011
Twenty people, including three doctors, have been charged in Florida for their part in a $200 million fraudulent Medicare billing scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services have announced.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:34 am | February 17, 2011
3M Health Information Systems and Nuance Communications have announced a collaboration to develop a next generation, ICD-10-ready clinical documentation improvement solution.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:25 am | February 17, 2011
NEHI, a national network for health innovation, has proposed a national strategy for disseminating comparative effectiveness research findings that would be led by the newly created Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
By Molly Merrill | 11:08 am | February 17, 2011
An electronic health card designed to maintain an individual's personal health record and provide a payment card option that can access an individual's HSA, FSA or HRA account is being launched during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference next week.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:38 am | February 17, 2011
Orexigen Therapeutics, a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company focused on obesity treatment, has announced the upcoming departure of Graham Cooper, its chief financial officer and treasurer.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:14 am | February 17, 2011
Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente has announced that its combined total operating revenue for 2010 was $44.2 billion, up from $42.1 billion last year. Operating income was $1.2 billion, down from $1.6 billion in 2009 and net non-operating income was $789 million, compared to $524 million last year.