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New Jersey lawmakers considering conflict-of-interests modeled on casino regs
In New Jersey, lawmakers and industry stakeholders negotiating HIX legislation are trying to reconcile differences on proposed conflict of interest rules for the governing board, WHYY's Newsworks reported.
Per capita healthcare spending for people with employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) increased 4.6 percent in 2011, an acceleration of the 3.8 percent increased reported for 2010, according to a new report released today by the Health Care Cost Institute.
With debate still swirling around the Aug. 23rd release of the final rules for meaningful use Stage 2, one CIO offers four reasons to celebrate it.
New market studies of Sacramento and Riverside/San Bernardino conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) in Washington, D.C., and funded by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), show care costs and physician shortage are increasingly challenging provides in the state.
A number of regional healthcare trends in California have been identified in new market studies of Sacramento and Riverside/San Bernardino conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) in Washington, D.C., and funded by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF).
Editor's note: The following report is published here with permission from the Center for Public Integrity.
Electronic medical records, long touted by government officials as a critical tool for cutting health care costs, appear to be prompting some doctors and hospitals to bill higher fees to Medicare for treating seniors.
Organizations are beginning to recognize the importance of value-based purchasing. One industry expert offers three strategies for getting started immediately and making the most of this new payment model.
The Institute of Medicine says we are wasting 30 cents of every dollar we spend on medical care. Originally I was going to pan the study, but I can't resist a good read. Like this:
If banking were like health care, automated teller machine (ATM) transactions would take not seconds but perhaps days or longer as a result of unavailable or misplaced records.
Officials: Wisconsin will need another $650 million for Medicaid
Wisconsin's Department of Health Services submitted a proposal to Gov. Scott Walker for an additional $650 million needed to fund the state's Medicaid program for the next two-year budget cycle.
According to the authors of a new analysis published Wednesday in Health Affairs, there are three overlying lessons for state and federal healthcare policy makers to be learned from Massachusett's healthcare law experiences.