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Emdeon Inc., a provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions, announced a strategic relationship with Noridian Mutual Insurance Co.
The Commonwealth Employment Relations Board held a hearing last week on a formal complaint it had issued against Cambridge Health Alliance in July, citing the organization for "bargaining in bad faith and depriving nurses of their union rights" following CHA's decision to "prematurely cease negotiations, declare impasse and unilaterally slash nurses' retiree health benefit."
The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved plans for a new state-of-the-art hospital at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Eight people have been arrested for their participation in a Manhattan-based drug ring that used Medicaid funds to pay for the operation. A ninth accomplice remains at large.
More than 900 nurses in Duluth, Minn., are being encouraged by union leaders to authorize a one-day strike at SMDC Medical Center over the issue of adequate staffing.
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology's ViPS - part of the General Dynamics Health IT Solutions business sector - a contract to support the Department of Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP). The total contract is worth $80.3 million over four years if all options are exercised.
Forty health systems have joined the Premier healthcare alliance's Accountable Care Organization Readiness Collaborative, which will help health systems prepare to become ACOs.
The Premier healthcare alliance has announced that Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa, Iowa, is joining LaborConnect, Premier’s labor management program designed to help hospitals succeed under changes imposed by healthcare reform.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General is recommending that the federal government crack down on physicians who have incorrectly coded their Medicare claims for the wrong place of service.
Magnet hospitals, which are recognized for better patient safety and outcomes, don't provide better working conditions for nurses than non-magnet hospitals, according to a new study.