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ONC launches contest to develop application for the disabled
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) is launching another cash contest to spur innovation in health IT. In this competition, ONC is challenging software development teams to
Local hospitals struggle with larger out-of-town competition
Local hospitals in New York are facing steep competition from big-city, out-of-town hospitals that are opening up satellite facilities and forming partnerships with area providers, The Journal News
Blue Cross anti-trust probe expands: Do some hospitals get sweetheart deals?
The U.S. Justice Department is widening an investigation into alleged collusion and price-fixing between Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans and hospitals in several states, the Wall Street Journal
Hospital braces to fend off out-of-state competition
Wyoming Medical Center CEO Vickie Diamond has noticed that competition from out-of-state hospitals has become more apparent as they try to horn in on her nonprofit hospital's turf, the Casper
Is primary care big enough for two kinds of providers?
In recent years, it seems physician (and patients) have let go of their resistance to staff their practices with nurse practitioners as a way to keep up with growing demand--and instead spend
Case study: OH hospital pays for bills for competing hospitals
One Ohio hospital is so bent on putting together a comparison shopping tool that it's willing to pay patients for competitive information. Alliance (OH) Community Hospital is paying patients $100 for
FTC resolves high-profile IL hospital antitrust dispute
The FTC has ruled that a pair of healthcare organizations based in Illinois will need to contract with managed care plans separately to win the agency's final approval for their merger. The combined
