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Students in the Morehouse School of Medicine’s Master of Public Health Program now have the opportunity to respond to public health inquiries for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Contact Center.

Healthcare reform legislation that comes out of Congress will result in payment reforms significantly changing the way hospitals do business.

While Congress works to reconcile the five healthcare reform bills that have been reported out of committees, health economists say they have at least this in common: all imply major changes in healthcare delivery down the road.

eGistics has launched a hosted solution designed to help physician groups, hospitals, clinics and other healthcare providers to electronically manage administrative documents.

Patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 non-federal hospitals indicate a wide gap in quality between the best hospitals and all others.

At about the same time the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 Tuesday to approve its healthcare reform bill, Medical Group Management Association President and CEO William F. Jessee, MD, took the stage in Denver to tell his audience healthcare reform can't occur without payment reform.

The Senate Finance Committee passed its long-awaited healthcare reform bill Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 14-9.

Thirty-three state think tanks announced on Tuesday an alternative to President Barack Obama's health plan.

Portico Healthnet has been awarded $988,000 by the Department of Health and Human Services to launch the Minnesota Coalition for Kids Health Coverage.

Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions announced two new partnerships this week that are designed to help patients pay their bills quicker and more efficiently.