Breaking Healthcare News February 4, 2012


Today’s Healthcare Headlines:
  • Ascension, N.J. hospitals discuss new systemAscension Health Care Network, the for-profit joint venture between the largest U.S. Catholic health system and a private equity firm, is in talks with two New Jersey hospitals about the possible development of a new Catholic system in the state.
  • AMA presses Sebelius to halt ICD-10The American Medical Association is taking second aim in its call to federal officials to halt the planned and federally mandated 2013 rollout of the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision family of procedural and diagnostic codes.
  • MediSwipe plans to acquire social media networkMediSwipe, a Los Angeles-based provider of merchant payment services and financial products for the healthcare industry, signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of ReachMeDaily.com, a social media network used by residents in nursing homes…
  • Canadian telecom giant acquires EHR vendorTelecommunications giant Telus expanded its reach into Canada’s
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