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Medicare and Medicaid payments to U.S. hospitals in 2007 fell $31.9 billion short of the cost of care provided to hospital patients insured by those programs, according to the latest American Hospital...
Key Congressional leaders say they are "ready to roll" on passing healthcare reform legislation early next year.At a Thursday briefing hosted by Families USA, Michael Myers, on staf...
The Minnesota branch of the Mayo Clinic is closing its clinical trials unit and immediately cutting 30 jobs.Mayo officials announced they would close the 100-person Mayo Clinical Trial Servic...
Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, Va., recently opened an expanded emergency department, the last step in a $60 million project that featured renovations to 95 percent of the facility.The Richm...
Express Scripts, a St. Louis-based provider of pharmacy benefit management services, has notified the FBI of an apparent extortion attempt possibly involving millions of patient records.Compa...
athenahealth, which focuses on helping physician practices handle the business side of the house, has recorded a 35 percent increase in revenue for the third quarter.Total revenue for the thr...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has granted the state of Minnesota a waiver that will ensure 18,000 parents remain eligible for MinnesotaCare health insurance. The state will receive...
A group of more than 15,000 U.S. physicians has called on President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress to "do the right thing" and enact a single-payer national health insurance plan, a...
Voters in Dallas County, Texas, overwhelmingly approved a bond measure on Tuesday that would replace 54-year-old Parkland Memorial Hospital with a larger, modern facility.The $747 million bon...
Baystate Health, a healthcare network in western Massachusetts, is cutting 55 jobs and eliminating 120 vacant positions as a result of a $37 million projected budget shortfall.Baystate Health...