Software maker Intuit Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy Medfusion, a provider of communications services for health care providers, for about $91 million in cash. Read more...

Emdeon Inc. (NYSE: EM), a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions, announced its support for the approval of security standards for the electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) of controlled substances and its commitment to assist the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the healthcare industry in implementation of the Interim Final Rule for ePrescribing controlled substances. Read more...

athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, has announced that it will be providing its revenue cycle management services to Lourdes Medical Associates (LMA), a healthcare management association located throughout southern New Jersey. LMA will be deploying athenahealth's web-based physician medical billing and practice management service, athenaCollector SM, for its more than 100 medical providers in their growing New Jersey health network. Read more...