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Federal law would further fight government healthcare fraud

Well familiar with the varieties of such fraud, a Florida senator has filed two bills aimed at further tightening the noose on fraud against government healthcare programs. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL), Read more...

Group plans $1M ad campaign battling government-run health

It's a law of politics--for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. With support mounting for some form of health reform that includes government intervention, a conservative group is Read more...

Blues suggest that public health insurance poses threat

Now here's a shocker: top execs from leading Blues plan are arguing that a public insurance plan will be bad for competition and could sneak in (gasp!) a single-payer system. The main theme of Read more...

Press Releases

E-Prescribing Strategies

NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: E-Prescribing Strategies Read more >>

Department of Veterans Affairs Awards $211 Million Contract to QuadraMed for Health Information Management Solution

Nation’s largest government healthcare system selects Quantim to help prepare for the transition to ICD-10 RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded Read more >>

Empirical Study of Competitive Bidding Data Shows Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) Often Fail to Deliver Best Prices

Open Market Competition Outperforms GPO Pricing By Up To $37.5 Billion CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- An empirical study released today on the impact of Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) on hospital Read more >>

Tech Data And gloStream To Help Resellers Build Healthcare IT Practices

Tech Data’s Healthcare SBU Adds gloStream’s Electronic Medical Records and Practice-Management Software to Its Expanding Healthcare IT Solutions Offering CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tech Data Read more >>