Outsourcing news and information

Management of two LSU hospitals in north Louisiana is being turned over to a nonprofit research foundation that has never run a patient care facility, raising concerns about whether it has the experience and the financing needed to oversee the public hospitals.
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Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has announced that it will acquire ASM Research.
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UnitedHealth Group's second-quarter net income rose almost 8%, buoyed by steady enrollment growth and slower-than-expected use of healthcare services.
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Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Windsor mandating federal recognition of same-sex marriages will affect eligibility for expanded Medicaid benefits and health insurance tax credits slated to begin next year under the healthcare reform law. And that may be good, bad, or mixed news...
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LSU continued to shrink its hospital management footprint Monday, turning over its health facilities in four cities to private operators, including a shift in New Orleans that has caused delays in non-emergency services.
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Food service companies and hospitals say the move toward healthier food options on hospital menus and cafeterias is shaping purchasing practices, food contracts and business strategies.
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Healthcare companies inked 39% fewer information-technology contracts last year as the market for IT services saw a contraction across the board.
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A private operator has agreed to run the LSU hospital in Lake Charles, La., that cares for the uninsured, Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration announced Friday. The agreement is part of the administration's efforts to move away from a university-run public hospital system.
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A lawsuit against the private contractor that provides medical care in Minnesota prisons alleges that a doctor employed by the company initially failed to order an ambulance when an inmate who later died went into seizures one night in 2010 and that the inmate received negligent care again after a...
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Consolidation among hospitals created a ripple effect this year that also swept through the outsourcing firms that serve them.
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