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St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network has purchased 10 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources, avoiding more than $1 million in annual electricity purchase costs through a competitive electronic procurement process run on the World Energy Exchange.

Through focused attention to the revenue cycle, healthcare organizations can add 2 percent to 4 percent to their bottom lines, according to an expert in hospital business planning.

The Medical Travel and Health Tourism Quality Alliance has listed the 10 best hospitals in the world for medical travel.

Physician, senior and military groups gathered Thursday in a five-city event to urge the permanent repeal of the broken Medicare physician payment formula that, they say, threatens access to care for millions who depend on Medicare and TRICARE.

With cost at the pinnacle of healthcare reform debate in Washington D.C., a new study finds the Congressional Budget Office might not always calculate savings correctly.

With the national debate raging around Healthcare reform, workingmother.com has named the “Most Powerful Moms in Healthcare."

Nonprofit Cal-REC is expecting this week a notice of intent to be funded as a Regional Extension Center (REC) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Health IT Extension Program, which set aside $30 million for 70 extension centers.

High income is strongly associated with the ability of seniors to access a healthcare specialist in the United States – but not in Canada, where poor health is a much stronger predicter, according to a new study.

Republican Scott Brown's defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts will figure prominently in the healthcare reform battle on Capitol Hill.

Hospitals looking to automate the reimbursement process for chargeable supplies have a new tool at their disposal.