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When President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last week, he also made permanent The Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the cornerstone legal authority for the provision of healthcare to Native Americans.
Tenet South Florida, a region of the Tenet Healthcare Corporation, has opened an on-site medical clinic at the BankAtlantic headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Thomson Reuters has released its annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on overall organizational performance. The study reveals that even in tough economic times, top hospitals show a profit while raising the bar on patient care.
MedAssets, based in Atlanta, has announced that Huntsville Hospital, based in Huntsville, Ala., and including Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children, the outpatient Medical Mall, Madison Medical Park and affiliates Athens-Limestone Hospital in Athens, Ala., and Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Ala., will deploy the company’s revenue cycle management solutions for claims management and claims audit and resolution.
Congress approved a healthcare reform "fix" bill on Thursday, completing the healthcare overhaul victory for Democrats. The fix bill adds changes that House Democrats had wanted in the healthcare reform law that was passed by the House on March 21.
For all the excited talk about the potential for IT to transform the healthcare industry for the better, many doctors are skeptical about the future, according to a recent survey conducted by athenahealth, the provider of online practice manag
A federal court has sentenced the owner and operator of a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment company to prison in connection with an approximately $1 million power wheelchair fraud scheme.
A new report shows that between 2001 and 2006 a growing number of Americans faced a high financial burden from healthcare expenses.
A new report predicts that the global market for anesthesia drugs will grow at an annual rate of 4.8 percent through 2014.
Caritas Christi Health Care, a Massachusetts-based, six-hospital system serving more than 600,000 patients annually in 85 communities, has signed an agreement to be acquired by the Steward Healthcare System LLC, a newly formed affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., a New York-based private equity firm.