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NEW ORLEANS – The Department of Health and Human Services will award an $800,000 federal contract aimed at promoting healthcare IT collaboration among state leaders. The contract...

A coalition of California health insurers that last year paid $55 million to physician groups for reaching quality care measures in a pay-for-performance program has added care efficiency to its asses...

Lawson Software of St. Paul, Minn. has announced that Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H. has licensed the company's Enterprise Financial Management and Supply Chain Management...

Physicians in Washington state say they would like to support a new regional healthcare quality study, but they remain wary of the limited time and funds allotted to the program, according to W. Hugh...

The benefits and problems employers and insurers face in the growing industry of medical tourism will be addressed at the International Medical Tourism Conference (TIMTC), to be held in Las Vegas from...

An initiative of the Medical Banking Project is aiming to develop a common medical banking platform in the next year to support a growing range of healthcare financial transactions....

At a House subcommittee hearing last week, Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), said it is time for a permanent fix for the Medicare fee-for-service physician payment system before healthcare for sen...

CHATTANOOGA, TN – By the end of March, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee expects to deploy a suite of Web-based applications to five pilot providers. Implementation o...

CLEVELAND – In unity there is strength – and savings – for University Hospitals. The 11-hospital chain moved to a unified approach for ordering supplies and was able...

MODESTO, CA – At a time when health plans are trying to cut administrative costs by pushing member self-service to member portals, one health plan has opened a retail storefront to reach out to...