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By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | January 03, 2008
Americans lack a basic understanding of the terminology that is used to describe their own health insurance coverage, a new survey has found. The results of the survey indicate that b...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 03, 2008
A real estate investment trust that issued its initial public offering of stock last summer has announced a $72.4 million investment in medical office buildings. New York-based Car...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 02, 2008
Allscripts, long known for its clinical software and information systems for physicians, is taking aim at hospitals now with the purchase of the Extended Care Information Network, a Chicago-based prov...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | January 02, 2008
The American College of Physicians has received a grant of nearly $225,000 from the Commonwealth Fund to study the cost of a patient-centered medical home. The grant, part of th...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 02, 2008
San Francisco-based Practice Fusion has announced a partnership with Physician Services, Inc. of California and Azalea Health Innovations, Inc. of Georgia, allowing the company to offer its bil...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | January 01, 2008
PROVIDENCE, RI – Brown University has set out to create the first research database aimed at improving the nation’s long-term care system. Improvements made using the information are es...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | December 31, 2007
Practice Fusion, a company that provides free online electronic health records to physicians, announced last week it will partner with Physician Services, Inc. (PSI) of California and Azalea Health In...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | December 31, 2007
After twice vetoing legislation to reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, President Bush on Saturday signed a bill to extend SCHIP for three months....
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | December 27, 2007
A new report by the Government Accountability Office questions some $90 million in payments to federal contractors under the Medicare Part D prescription drug program....
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | December 26, 2007
Blue Shield of California Foundation has granted $6 million to nonprofits statewide. The funding supports expanding access to care and coverage, boosts financing for the state's school health centers...