Chelsey Ledue
The Commonwealth Fund has launched a new Web site that allows healthcare providers to compare 4,500 hospitals nationwide, track performance over time against numerous benchmarks and download tools...
Independence Blue Cross will extend its support for the Partnership for Patient Care, a quality and patient safety effort led by southeastern Pennsylvania hospitals, with $3 million in funding through...
Despite the rapid growth of retail clinics, only a tiny fraction of American families in 2007 used them, according to a national study released today by the Commonwealth Fund.The number of re...
Riverside Medical Center of Kankakee, Ill., expects supply savings of more than half a million dollars by joining the Illinois Purchasing Collaborative, a program of the Illinois Hospital Association...
An economic stimulus package scheduled for approval in January could give Florida an additional $1.8 billion in federal Medicaid matching funds, according to a new report released by Families USA....
Maryland residents who provide care to family members or loved ones say it's important that state funding for home and community-based services be increased, according to a survey released by AARP Mar...
The University of Minnesota has received a $40 million pledge for diabetes research from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation. Goals for the funding, to be paid over five years, are to ca...
Low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals and physicians lead to significantly higher health insurance costs for consumers and employers, according to a study released by Milliman, Inc....
In the midst of an economic crisis, rising healthcare costs are causing workers to reduce spending on medical care, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt, a global consulting firm.According to the...
A recent survey by the Travel Nurse Source say the travel nursing industry is "a pretty stable place to be, especially in today's financial climate". "Travel nursing has always...