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Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector continued its steady climb, increasing by approximately 9,300 jobs in June. The industry has gained 217,000 jobs over the past year.
Health Management Associates, Inc., has acquired a 60 percent controlling interest in three Shands HealthCare hospitals in Florida: Shands Lake Shore in Lake City, Shands Live Oak in Live Oak and Shands Starke in Starke.
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $96 million to increase diversity in the health professions workforce and encourage nurses to choose careers as nurse educators.
GE Capital’s Healthcare Financial Services unit, based in Bethesda, Md., has provided $90 million in senior secured credit facilities and will serve as administrative agent of that money for Guardian Healthcare, a McKinney, Texas-based provider of professional home healthcare services. The credit facilities will be used for a significant acquisition and to refinance existing existing indebtedness.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to work with providers to address concerns about enrollment in Medicare's Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System.
The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new Web site Thursday that officials say will help consumers take control of their healthcare, connecting them to information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable coverage.
The Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled a new Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) that will offer coverage to uninsured Americans who have been unable to obtain healthcare coverage because of pre-existing health conditions.
Brainshark, a Waltham, Mass.-based developer of a software-as-a-service online platform for the creation, management and tracking of multimedia presentations, is marketing its applications as a means for insurers to educate brokers and their clients on their own terms and schedule.
New Jersey hospitals provided $2.6 billion in benefits beyond healthcare services to their communities in 2009, according to a new report from the New Jersey Hospital Association.
MEDecision has partnered with NaviNet to assist payers in delivering patient clinical summaries to any provider enrolled in the NaviNet Network.