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Ambulance operator and physician services company Emergency Medical Services is being acquired by private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC for $3.2 billion.
The California-based Integrated Healthcare Association has been awarded a three-year, $2.9 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
In what it touts as the first time a long-term care insurance provider has teamed with a healthcare organization to promote health and wellness, Genworth Financial has unveiled a health education collaboration with the Mayo Clinic aimed at improving the well-being of Baby Boomers.
Medicare costs in the last six months of life are influenced more by patient characteristics - such as ability to function, the severity of the illness and family support - than by regional factors, such as the number of hospital beds available, according to a study published in The Annals of Internal Medicine.
BancTec is partnering with MediStreams to introduce Healthcare Remittance Automation, an outsourced service available to providers, aggregators and financial institutions of all sizes.
A new report has found that hospitals are falling short of the Joint Commission's language access requirements for patients with limited English.
Hospital executives are planning for budget increases over the next five years and are prioritizing strategic initiatives that had previously been on hold due to economic constraints, according to a new study by L.E.K. Consulting.
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United and Kaiser Permanente have reached tentative agreement on a new three-year contract for 17,000 registered nurses and nurse practitioners covering 61 locations in northern and central California.