HEALTH CARE

Tech Company Cashes in on Health Care Rules - Forbes

By National Journal Staff

Updated: April 19, 2012 | 11:42 a.m.
April 19, 2012 | 11:41 a.m.

Cerner  founder and Chief Executive Neal Patterson has become a billionaire thanks in part to one of the first laws signed by President  Obama -- the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health (HITECH) act, Forbes reports.

Cerner’s work force has grown by 20 percent to 10,500 employees over the past year, and the company is opening a new 660,000-square-foot office complex in Kansas City to hold 4,000 more employees, the magazine reports.

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