UPDATED 04/02/2020 3:00 PM EST to include a statement from Intermountain Healthcare.
Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare made headlines earlier this week after announcing changes to physician and...
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The...
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For an academic health system with 8,000 employees and $2.9 billion in revenue, running an efficient revenue cycle is paramount.
Nebraska Medicine is a large academic health system with two hospitals...
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OSF HeathCare of Peoria, Illinois, recently announced that it signed a definitive hospital merger agreement with Little Company Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers based in Evergreen Park, Illinois....
As one of the largest non-profit health systems in the country, Banner Health relies on hundreds of contracts to ensure providers have the supplies they need to deliver high-quality care, and now spend...
