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The official word from executives at Misys and Allscripts after the two companies announced a proposed merger in late March was resoundingly positive. Misys CEO Mike Lawrie called Allscripts the "perf...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday updated the Hospital Compare consumer Web site to give consumers more information about their hospitals....
ORLANDO, FL – Spurred by a multi-million-dollar investment from the Center for Community Health Leadership, healthcare providers in New Haven, Conn. and Tampa, Fla. are taking the first steps to...
ALBANY, NY – In mid-February, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced an industry-wide investigation involving health insurance companies and Ingenix, which Cuomo said has been providin...
IF YOU LISTEN LONG ENOUGH, you’re bound to hear stories of consumers totally confounded by how things work in healthcare. This is one of those stories. It’s based on a colum...
Amedisys, a home nursing company, has completed the acquisition of TLC Health Care Services, a provider of home nursing and hospice services. The $395 million deal, which closed We...
WASHINGTON – California health plans paid $65 million in 2007 to California physician groups participating in their pay-for-performance programs, the Integrated Healthcare Association has report...
Push for e-prescribing will cut phone bills, groups say Five physician organizations have launched an e-prescribing push called “Get Connected” that aims at reducing the $8...
HILLSBORO, OR – When Hillsboro Advanced Surgical Care implemented secure messaging in late January, the single-physician office eliminated faxing patient data to its medical billing service prov...
GOLDSBORO, NC – Tom Bradshaw’s son was being treated at Wayne Memorial Hospital and was hooked up to an IV pump. Bradshaw, familiar with the need to have medica...