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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | September 17, 2007
Enterprise Performance Systems, Inc. (EPSi), a St. Louis-based provider of financial decision support systems, has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Quantros...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | September 14, 2007
A $1,500,000 grant has been awarded to the National League for Nursing and three institutions of higher education to fund a five-year Health Information Technologies Scholars (HITS) Project to integra...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | September 13, 2007
The U.S.-based division of one of the world's largest drug firms this week paid more than $190 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. Sanofi-aventis U...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | September 13, 2007
For healthcare providers burdened with IT expenses and looking for an economical single sign-on (SSO) solution, Sentillion has an answer: A shot of ExpreSSO. "We've created a singl...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | September 13, 2007
Eighty-seven percent of U.S. hospitals do not comply with recommended steps for preventing infections, according to a new study. A survey of 1,256 hospitals conducted by The Lea...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | September 13, 2007
Humana Inc. has launched a new health insurance package designed to provide predictable healthcare expenses. The "No Worry" plans offer healthcare expenses over a three-year period that...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | September 12, 2007
Medicare officials say they lack the authority to recoup overpayments to providers under the Medicare Advantage program. The Government Accountability Office disagrees. In a re...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | September 10, 2007
Three months after launching Health Evolution Partners, a private equity firm focused on healthcare investments, David Brailer, MD, and his partners are ready to spend some money. Brailer detailed the...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | September 10, 2007
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. of North Hollywood, Calif., which owns or provides management services to hospitalist practices operating in more than 300 facilities across the Unit...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | September 10, 2007
Some states' efforts to reform health insurance have had "significant unintended consequences" over the past decade, according to a America's Health Insurance Plans. In a report...