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McKesson sells pharmacy automation unit to private-equity firm

McKesson Corp. is selling its hospital pharmacy automation unit to private-equity firm Francisco Partners....

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A period of adjustment

Jessica Zigmond | October 12, 2013
Post-acute providers such as nursing homes are facing the kind of managed-care growing pains hospitals experienced in the 1990s.
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Finding their way home

Andis Robeznieks | October 05, 2013
Many healthcare providers and payers are moving forward with patient-centered medical homes to improve primary care and care coordination and reduce...
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New points of entry

Beth Kutscher | October 05, 2013
Full-service hospital operators long have viewed specialty providers with suspicion. But they increasingly are adopting the philosophy of, “If...
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The business of care delivery

Dr. Susan Turney | October 05, 2013
According to a recent National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, there are about 1 billion patient office visits in the U.S. annually. This is the...
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Obamacare's positive economic news

Merrill Goozner | September 21, 2013
The never-ending and ill-informed debate in Washington over defunding Obamacare has almost entirely drowned out public understanding of the law's...
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Better operating rooms

Dr. John Di Capua | September 07, 2013
The majority of hospitals in the U.S. are struggling to transition from fee-for-service to capitated
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CareCloud names Lentz CFO

Modern Healthcare | October 16, 2013
R. Scott Lentz is the new CFO at CareCloud, a Miami-based company that provides cloud-based practice management, electronic health records and...
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Dignity, Optum form revenue cycle management company

Melanie Evans | October 14, 2013
Dignity Health, a large and expanding health system based in San Francisco, has formed a revenue cycle management company in a joint venture with...
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Hospitals play with Medicare patients' status

Kristen Schorsch, Crain's Chicago Business | October 13, 2013
A growing number of senior citizens are ensnared in a Medicare crackdown on hospitals over costly inpatient admissions.
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A period of adjustment

Jessica Zigmond | October 12, 2013
Post-acute providers such as nursing homes are facing the kind of managed-care growing pains hospitals experienced in the 1990s.
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Compounding changes

Jaimy Lee | September 28, 2013
A year ago, few people outside of the pharmacy sector knew much about drug compounding. Now the industry is at the center of legal and regulatory...
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Maine hospitals awaiting nearly $500M from state

Clarke Canfield / Associated Press | September 08, 2013
Maine hospitals this month will feel relief when they receive nearly $500 million from the state, but the payments don't provide a remedy for higher...
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