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Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268-bed tertiary care facility in Little Rock, Ark., has refinanced $25.8 million in Hospital Revenue Refunding Bonds.
Despite a bitter partisan battle over federal spending, Congress has passed a six-month, $16.1 billion extension to federal matching funds for Medicaid.
Univita Health has released the results of a national study that identifies nationwide costs associated with home healthcare, assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued final regulations that will fully implement improvements to the Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Joining an ever-growing number of health plans looking to help their members access health information wherever they may roam, Highland has announced the launch of its Highmark Health@Hand iPhone application.
The TriZetto Group recently announced a partnership with professors who founded the value-based insurance design (VBID) movement to develop chronic-condition templates as options for healthcare payer customers of TriZetto's Value-Based Benefits Solution.
Congress will consider changing how hospitals are paid under the meaningful use rule, allowing each hospital in a multi-hospital campus to earn incentives.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability of up to $250 million in grants for new access points for the delivery of primary care services for underserved and vulnerable populations under the Health Center Program.
Two healthcare IT companies are joining forces to help healthcare providers take advantage of the Federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, which offers qualified hospitals access to reduced-price prescription drugs.
CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts contends that a letter to the editor appearing in the Aug. 5 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine makes "very damaging allegations that are both false and unfounded about the care and access CeltiCare provides."