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The battle over the fiscal year 2010 federal budget began Wednesday, and both the House and Senate budget committees expect the long process will include healthcare as one of the focal points.

As much as 31 percent of patient revenue written off to bad debt and sent to collection agencies should be classified as charity, according to a study conducted by Connance, Inc. and PARO Decision Support, LLC.

Missouri's safety net healthcare providers are seeing increased numbers of uninsured patients and incurring new financial strains as a result of changes made to Missouri's Medicaid system in 2005.

Investors focused on healthcare information technology continue to face a bleak scenario of low company valuations, but they’re optimistic about healthcare opportunities in the federal stimulus package.

Facing growing heat over his budget, President Barack Obama took his case to the American people Tuesday night in a televised press conference. Efficient healthcare is inseparable from this budget, he said.

The results of Canopy Financial's Health Savings Account Market Report for the fourth quarter of 2008 indicates that the average HSA balance grew in 2008, despite the economic climate.

Failed healthcare reform efforts in California can provide important lessons for future efforts in state and federal healthcare reform, according to new papers in the journal Health Affairs.

The AARP has posted the results of a national survey in which physicians gave their top choices for "out-of-town" hospitals based on specialty.

Healthcare information technology and innovation can drive fundamental changes in the U.S. healthcare system, said David Brailer, MD, former federal healthcare IT chief, at the Health Tech Investment Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday.

According to the latest Wage & Vacancy survey by the American Society for Clinical Pathology, half of all laboratories in the United States have difficulty hiring laboratory personnel.