CMS Office of the Actuary announced that 2007 U.S. healthcare spending increased at the lowest rate of growth since 1998, according to a teleconference held Jan. 5.
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The Federal Trade Commission has settled price-fixing allegations with two independent physician practice associations (IPAs) in California and Colorado, according to a press release from the FTC.
A coalition of three dozen social service, healthcare, labor and legal groups are asking Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to use part of the federal stimulus package the state will receive late January to support healthcare programs, according to The Boston…
In a new report on the healthcare economy released by the McKinsey & Company’s McKinsey Global Institute, the international consulting firm found that outpatient care was the fastest growing segment of healthcare spending, rising to $850 billion in 2006, about…
A strategic healthcare venture fund is seeking a healthcare technology expert to join their venture fund team as an Investment Manager.
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When you consider that, according to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, just 1 percent of the nation's 15 million morbidly obese, who make up about one-third of the total population, have undergone weight-loss surgery, it's clear the…
Cambridge Health Alliance plans to close facilities and layoff employees, according to the Boston Business Journal.
Healthcare observers were split between the November elections and the economic downturn as their choices for the top hospital stories of the years. Both impacted hospitals in multiple ways and will continue to exert influence on hospital finances and operations…
Durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers have come under further scrutiny from CMS as the organization has announced a series of anti-fraud measures.
Two American ASC firms are partnering with a Bahrain-based healthcare organization to build ASCs and surgical hospitals in the Middle East.