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Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector grew by 21,000 jobs in June, although the national unemployment rate remained steady at 9.5 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Siemens Healthcare has announced that UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Mass., and the Bethesda Healthcare System in south Florida have signed multi-year contracts for the Soarian healthcare information system.
NewsMaker Interview with Steve Lanning, director of Emergency Services for Conway Medical in Conway, S.C.
At a time when national banks are loath to lend, borrowers are turning to a recently-created financing option that lets smaller local banks participate in debt structures usually available only from much larger institutions.
Healthcare providers are not immune to the current economic conditions that affect most industries. Providers must accommodate dwindling profit margins by constantly managing costs, and as a result, physician practices are being forced to reexamine their processes in hopes of finding ways to do more with less.
Montlhy editorial from Richard Pizzi, Editor
The AHIP Institute 2009 in June was supposed to be about finding common ground among stakeholders on various issues surrounding healthcare reform.
An estimated 100 protestors rallied against the health insurance industry at the AHIP Institute 2009 conference in June at the San Diego Convention Center.
Two topics dominated the conversation at last month’s Healthcare Financial Management Association’s ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference. One was Seattle’s surprisingly sunny weather; the other, of course, was healthcare reform.
Monlthly column from Diana Manos, Senior Editor