Bernie Monegain
Humana snagged the top ranking among national payers - edging out last year's top payer, Aetna - in the fourth annual PayerView rankings published by athenahealth and the journal Physicians Practice.
Several prominent healthcare professional groups, including America's Health Insurance Plans, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, met with president Barack Obama in May to announce a plan to cut healthcare costs by $2 trillion over 10 years.
Automating the nation's healthcare system could save the government nearly $600 billion in spending over the next decade and $9 trillion over the next 25 years, according to the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Democratic Leadership Council.
It's back to the homework table for the nation's leading healthcare groups that met with President Barack Obama on Monday to discuss $2 trillion of cuts to the skyrocketing cost of healthcare.
Several prominent healthcare professional groups, including America's Health Insurance Plans, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, are set to meet with president Barack Obama Monday to announce a plan to cut healthcare costs by $2 trillion over 10 years.
GE's new "healthymagination" project aims to cut healthcare costs, and among all the numbers - including the company's $6 billion investment pledge - the number 15 seems to hold the key.
How to bring down the costs of the country's $2.4 trillion healthcare system and make care affordable for all Americans dominated the discussion Tuesday as the Senate Finance Committee convened for a hearing on how best to fix a broken system.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a new report, "Hard Times in the Heartland: Health Care in Rural America."
IBM announced on Thursday it would add a financing component to its efforts to develop smart technology solutions - including healthcare applications - tied to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Two hours after the Senate voted 65-31 to confirm her as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday, Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in. The brief ceremony occurred in the Oval Office at 8:02 p.m.