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Ama advocates for med students and residents The American Medical Association (AMA) successfully secured a number of provisions in the higher education reauthorization bill, kn...

By Bernie Monegain, Contributing Editor, and Fred Bazzoli, Editor A six-month government investigation has led to charges that a company with an extensive database of healthcare bi...

TALLAHASSEE, FL – According to the 2006 Census, Florida ranks 46th in the country in health insurance coverage, with 21.2 percent (3.8 million residents) uninsured. To ta...

BENTONVILLE, AR - Wal-Mart is partnering with local hospital systems to open co-branded clinics across the country that officials say will tout greater savings for all involved. Wal-Mart...

CHEYENNE, WY – In early 2004, the Wyoming Department of Health began developing a program within Medicaid (EqualityCare) to improve the health management of its population, regardless of...

WASHINGTON –Several healthcare groups have banded together to ask Congress for an increase in federal funding of Medicaid program subsidies. The National Governors Association h...

BETHESDA, MD – Hospitals looking to make their patients a little happier while tapping into an overlooked revenue stream might be interested in a new partnership between GetWellNetwork, Inc. and...

THERE ARE GOOD WAYS to restrain healthcare spending. And then there are ways that are you don’t even dare mention, not in polite company. This column could be construed as coming...

ALPHARETTA, GA – MedAssets Inc., which became a publicly owned company in mid-December through an initial public offering of stock, is making some noise. That’s quite a cont...

Healthcare expenditures outpace inflation, GDP Health expenditures are still rising faster than the rate of inflation, and that rate of increase is expected to remain steady for the n...