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Emdeon buys analytics firm Altegra Health for $910 million

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Revenue cycle company Emdeon this week announced plans to acquire Altegra Health, an analytics firm, for $910 million, a move the companies said will better position them as the industry moves to a value-based model.

Revenue cycle company Emdeon this week announced plans to acquire Altegra Health, an analytics firm, for $910 million, a move the companies said will better position them as the industry moves to a value-based model.

Theranos strikes deal with Capital BlueCross, lands on East Coast

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The testing company that could upend America's diagnostics market will partner with Capital BlueCross in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to bring the company's new direct-to-consumer blood testing options to the insurer's 1.3 million members.

The diagnostics disruptor and an insurer of a 1.3 million are taking affordable lab tests directly to patients.

Atlantic Health loses tax case, spurs worry over nonprofit healthcare

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Morristown Medical Center failed to meet the legal “profit test,” judge says

Health Care Mergers Will Mean Higher Premiums

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Healthcare Workers: Why They Come to Work Sick

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A survey explores the reasons why healthcare workers do their job when they’re sick and expose patients to their illnesses.

Meaningful Use Program: Why it failed and how to save it

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