A Kansas City health care nonprofit is part of a University of Missouri health information technology effort that has received $6.8 million in federal money.

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Cerner Corp. directors celebrated the company’s 30 years and looked to the next decade at Friday’s annual shareholders meeting.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will consider cutting Christ Hospital off from Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement.

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PSS World Medical Inc. plans to become more aggressive with mergers and acquisitions in the coming year, the company said Thursday at its annual analyst’s day in Chicago.

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The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center’s has awarded three $500,000 matching grants to companies that have already received national research grants. This marks the first time the center, which is charged with spending $1 billion over 10 years as part of Governor Deval Patrick’s Life Sciences Initiative, has given out grant to companies. In the past, all awards have been loans or tax breaks.

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Nashville-based HealthSpring Inc. has created a new board position to help the company deal with major changes to Medicare as a result of recently enacted health care reform legislation.

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A lawsuit centering on the safety of a generic antidepressant can continue against Impax Laboratories and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, a federal judge ruled. (IPXL)

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Lahey Clinic Medical Center said operating income fell 33 percent during the six-month period that ended March 31, blaming a big upswing in employee benefit costs.

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MARTA passengers would see fewer bus routes and reduced hours for trains under a series of budget cuts being considered by the transit agency’s Board of Directors.

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Nashville-based Ardent Health Services announced this week that Kevin Gross will return as president of the hospital chain’s Oklahoma Division beginning June 28.

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