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The Internal Revenue Service has released a final updated version of Form 990, the return that charities and other tax-exempt organizations are required to file annually. The new form...

A General Accounting Office report yesterday showed that adult coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program is causing an undue burden on some states. ...

Philips appears to have completed its Christmas shopping with a planned $5.1 billion purchase of home medical equipment supplier Respironics. The acquisition - the fourth in recent weeks for the Dutch...

Oakwood Healthcare has taken steps to provide transparency in reporting procedure pricing by making it available to patients through its Web site. The site will provide pricing information for surgeri...

Officials at Baltimore-based Harbor Hospital announced this morning that the facility has inked a $3.1 million revenue cycle management contract to streamline administrative workflow, allowing its phy...

Emdeon Business Services has bolstered its healthcare portfolio with the purchase of IXT Solutions, a provider of integrated patient billing and payment solutions. Both companies a...

California's state assembly this week passed ground-breaking health legislation that promises to extend healthcare coverage to millions of uninsured California residents. The plan, ne...

Congress used special methods over the past two days to approve a bill that would defer a 10 percent Medicare payment cut for doctors scheduled to begin Jan. 1. The Medicare, Medi...

Investment in a healthcare incentive, decision-making and cost-effectiveness program could save the United States $368 billion over 10 years, a new report contends. Combined with other healthcare effi...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill today continue to wrangle over a compromise in 2008 spending that would be acceptable to President Bush. The bill would allow more than $6 million for telehealth projects and...