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Web Exclusive: Understanding MLR Waiver Requests
For the most part, the basis for requesting -- and being granted -- an MLR waiver falls into a single category: fear...
Some MA hospitals back price curbs
Support is building among some Massachusetts hospitals for temporary government limits on healthcare prices, a...
West Penn Hospital would have closed without Highmark deal
Without its acquisition by Highmark Inc., West Penn Allegheny Health System would have been forced to shutter West...
In CO, a tale of two hospitals
Aspen Valley Hospital will give its employees an average pay increase of 2.4% this month, while the Vail Valley...
Web Exclusive: 27 Senators Tell CMS to Relax, Postpone Meaningful Use Rules
Very few hospitals are able to satisfy the 23 electronic health record objectives or requirements necessary for federal...
Indiana awarded $10.3 million federal grant for better healthcare
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program has...
Georgia to help doctors get e-medical records
The state of Georgia is launching a program that would jump-start Medicaid physicians' use of paperless health records...
Vermont plan pushes electronic health records
A seven-year, $32 million information technology plan to convert paper records into computer files is under...
Proponents look to expand Massachusetts medical-records program
Proponents of a $50 million pilot project that developed a paperless medical records system in three Massachusetts...
State and local health IT spending to hit $10.8 billion in 2012
New investment in Medicaid Management Information Systems by state and local governments will drive growth in annual...