Chelsey Ledue

A new report indicates that a combination of better-coordinated public- and private-sector care, stronger patient awareness of health risks and wellness and improved information systems to eliminate fraud and abuse could save $3.6 trillion over the next decade.

Hospitalizations for three common water-borne diseases cost the healthcare system as much as $539 million annually, according to research recently presented at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has entered into agreements with two Blackstone Valley physician groups to establish patient-centered medical home programs in the region.

With healthcare reform and recent economic challenges on the minds of many executives, new pressures are influencing how compensation is structured as medical groups seek to recruit and retain physicians.

Two Georgia healthcare organizations have announced the termination of a joint venture that began in 1998.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has struck down a district law that would have designated pharmacy benefit managers as fiduciaries.

States, territories and large metropolitan areas will receive $390.5 million in grants this month to help hospitals and other healthcare organizations strengthen their medical surge capability.

The Gateway Health Plan has notified the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare that it will withdraw its Medicaid product from 17 counties in the department's Voluntary Managed Care Program effective Sept. 30, 2010.

More lenient state laws governing generic drug substitutions could result in savings in excess of $100 million, according to a recent study.

With $2.85 million in financing from the Primary Care Development Corporation, Hudson River HealthCare has acquired property in Monticello, N.Y. to expand primary care and dental services to low-income patients.