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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily canceled activity involving four new contractors in its Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program due to complaints received from two compa...

The MRO Corporation, a King of Prussia, Pa.-based provider of shared-service, release-of-information solutions for healthcare providers, has announced that the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit will...

Humana, Inc. has completed the purchase of PHP Companies, Inc. - operating under the name Cariten Healthcare - from Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health. Cariten is a health benefits compan...

The Maryland Hospital Association has completed the competitive bidding process for an electronic data interchange provider for the state's hospitals.The MHA hopes to advance the development...

Three pharmaceutical companies will have to pay at least $7.3 million to the state of Missouri after a St. Louis jury found they overcharged Medicaid for prescription drugs.According to the...

Mental illness touches most Americans during their lifetimes, either directly or indirectly, according to a report released Oct. 31 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Early trea...

A new application released by Google Health is designed to help users find assistance programs for their prescription medications online using PatientAssistance.com.PatientAssistance.com, Inc...

Medicare's new regulations for providing home oxygen therapy to seniors are alarming and inadequate, according to the American Association for Homecare.  The AAH expects that approximate...

The Western Maryland Health System plans to implement Web-based infection control and pharmacy modules at its two campuses to prevent healthcare-associated infections, optimize antibiotic use and redu...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced a final rule establishing Medicare payment and policy changes for services in hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical cente...