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The U.S. healthcare sector continued to expand in December, with employment increasing by approximately 35,700 jobs.
Perceptive Software, based in Shawnee, Kan., has announced that Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Ga., is deploying the company's ImageNow document management, imaging and workflow solution in its medical records and registration departments.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that 3 million Medicare beneficiaries have saved money on prescription medications as a result of the Affordable Care Act, via $250 rebate checks mailed to beneficiaries in the so-called "doughnut hole" coverage gap.
The Arizona Legislature on Thursday authorized Gov. Jan Brewer to apply for a federal waiver with the Department of Health and Human Services that seeks to drop 280,000 people from the state's Medicaid rolls.
Market demand in the San Antonio metropolitan area in Texas has prompted Post Acute Medical, a Camp Hill, Pa.-based operator of long-term acute care facilities, to build two new rehabilitation hospitals in the region.
States can apply for a second round of grant funding to help implement health insurance exchanges mandated under the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Thursday.
Texas lawmakers under Republican leadership unveiled a budget proposal this week to cover the years 2012-2013 that would cut Medicaid reimbursements to long-term care facilities by 33 percent and payments to hospitals by 10 percent.
UnitedHealth Group executives said healthcare information technology helped drive the insurer's strong showing in 2010, with a reported $84.2 billion in revenues, up by 8 percent year over year.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has proposed a two-year project targeting the barriers Medicaid providers face in meeting meaningful use requirements in order to receive federal incentives.
In an effort to be one of the first states to qualify for federal Medicaid EHR implementation incentive payments, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has contracted with the CGI Group for its turnkey Medicaid Electronic Health Record solution.