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Two big hospital players in New York reached an agreement to combine operations, creating a system that would be the city's largest.
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Two major health information technology groups have announced a partnership under which they will work together on research and education and other projects.
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The Citrus County (Fla.) Hospital Board will meet Wednesday to weigh five proposals from four suitors looking to take over struggling Citrus Memorial Health System.
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Modern Healthcare's July 8 article “Across the board,” on page 30, originally incorrectly stated that not-for-profit hospitals that fail to comply with new billing, collection and financial aid...
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Most hospitals will face new rules for how they collect money from patients under health reform, prompting some boards to reconsider how their facilities identify and help those who can't pay.
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Approaches to big data, data analytics and business intelligence dominated the discussions during Thursday's sessions of the 22nd Annual Physician-Computer Connection Symposium in Ojai, Calif.
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As CEO pay continues to draw heightened scrutiny, compensation comparisons used by governing boards to justify the payouts are coming under fire from critics.
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HHS on Wednesday released enhanced standards to help health and healthcare organizations promote health equity, advance quality and remove disparities in healthcare. .
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Two private-sector initiatives to promote health information exchange received a total of $480,000 in federal grants to collaborate with the government on developing governance models for exchange activities.
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Two months after vetoing the bills because of abortion restrictions, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Monday signed two bills to allow Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to convert into a nonprofit mutual health insurance company, pay an estimated $100 million in annual state and local taxes and,...
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