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By Richard Pizzi | 10:42 am | January 28, 2010
U.S. Bank has signed a long-term agreement with TSYS that will allow the company to provide card processing services for the bank's consumer-directed healthcare benefit cards.
By Diana Manos | 10:39 am | January 28, 2010
After facing a tough year with his healthcare reform agenda, President Barack Obama urged bipartisan cooperation during his State of the Union speech Wednesday night.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:02 pm | January 27, 2010
Kaiser Permanente is offering more than $300,000 in scholarships and $1 million in forgiveness loans to high school, college and medical and nursing students to finance their higher education.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:46 am | January 27, 2010
The information security service SecureWorks, which protects 82 healthcare companies in the United States, reported Tuesday that attempted hacker attacks aimed at its clients doubled in the fourth quarter of 2009. While the first nine months of the year averaged 6,500 attack attempts per day, the last three months saw that number leap to 13,400, SecureWorks reports. Most striking about those figures is that other companies protected by the firm saw no similar increase.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:34 am | January 27, 2010
Healthcare in the United States is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and one of the contributing factors may be the high salaries earned by healthcare employees.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:21 am | January 27, 2010
Drexel University College of Medicine and the College of Nursing & Health Professions have opened the Drexel Convenient Care Center at the Shops at Liberty Place in Philadelphia.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:01 am | January 27, 2010
The Mayo Clinic has raised $1.35 billion in its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, surpassing its initial goal of $1.25 billion.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:52 am | January 26, 2010
Thomson Reuters has acquired ProfSoft, Inc., a healthcare technology company that provides health plans with analytic software and services to assess physician and hospital performance. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:29 am | January 26, 2010
National Surgical Hospitals, an owner of surgical hospitals and surgery centers in partnership with local physicians, has opened its newest facility in Corpus Christi, Texas.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:27 am | January 26, 2010
Between September 2008 and September 2009 the nation's top eight health insurance plans saw membership decline by 1.7 million.