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Study: Where hospitals are investing in 2018

Apr 17 | Tom Sullivan

Follow the money: Where Gartner, IDC and HIMSS Analytics say hospitals will invest the most in 2018

With bold projections that we are on the cusp of the biggest IT spending growth in a…

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Pharma suppliers stock surges as Amazon backs off hospital plan

Apr 16 | Beth Jones Sanborn

Amazon backs off plans to sell pharmaceuticals to hospitals triggering surge in supplier stocks

Suppliers such as McKesson, Cardinal Health and drug store chains including CVS and Walgreens…

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Apr 16 | Jeff Lagasse

Healthcare tops all industries in 2018 first-quarter venture capital with $6.8 billion

Biopharmaceuticals garnered about half of the funding so far this year.

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White House underestimated impact of short-term plans

Apr 16 | Susan Morse

Trade group says Trump Administration underestimated impact short-term plans would have on Affordable Care Act enrollment

Short-term limited duration plans will increase premiums by as much…

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Apr 13 | Jonah Comstock

JPMorgan CEO shares more on aims, tactics of healthcare venture with Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway

What makes an investment bank and a conglomerate real estate company interested in the…

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CVS Health: We kept drug price inflation nearly flat

Apr 12 | Susan Morse

CVS Health issues report to prove it kept get drug price inflation nearly flat

Company releases new report about costs of medications on the heels of a lawsuit coming to light in which its…

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CBO: Medicare spending will climb 7 percent

Apr 12 | Jeff Lagasse

Medicare spending projected to climb 7 percent annually after this year, says Congressional Budget Office

The CBO's report follows similar projections that the Centers for Medicare and…

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VA's EHR drives federal health IT market growth to $8.5B

Apr 11 | Jessica Davis

VA drives federal health IT market growth to $8.5 billion, fueled by its EHR

Spending on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces has decreased, as Veterans Affairs has ramped up IT…

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Apr 11 | Beth Jones Sanborn

Gender gap widens and racial disparities persist in healthcare, new studies show

Two pieces of research conducted separately by Medscape and HIMSS found inequities when it comes to pay, even…

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Apr 10 | Jeff Lagasse

Just how big is the average hospital CEO's bonus?

Other healthcare executives such as CFOs also earned double-digit percentages of base salary, according to new research.

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