Chelsey Ledue

An estimated 43.8 million Americans had no health insurance in 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is making several proposals to refine Medicare payments to physicians under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which is expected to increase payment rates for primary care services.

While some physicians are considering early retirement or leaving primary care if reimbursements are cut further, others have turned to a hybrid model of concierge medicine.

Nurses believe that heavy workloads and insufficient staff are impacting patient care and health outcomes around the world, according to research presented at the International Council of Nurses' 24th Quadrennial Congress.

As a result of its anti-fraud efforts, WellPoint and its affiliated health plans saved almost $75 million in 2008.

As Massachusetts faces rising healthcare costs driven by sharp increases in costly, preventable chronic illnesses, the New England Healthcare Institute and the Boston Foundation have released new research highlighting the “vital importance” of improving wellness in the commonwealth.

The need for a common financial platform to support physician practices, remote facilities and clinical information systems has prompted Capital Region Health Care to plan to replace its revenue management system.

According to a recent survey, health savings accounts continue to be adopted widely, with an ever-growing number of accounts and assets.

Wolters Kluwer Health has launched inThought, a market research service that offers pharmaceutical forecasting capabilities to help financial analysts, healthcare suppliers and drug makers understand where developmental drugs, medical devices and therapies are positioned and where they are likely headed in the future.

One in four American adults suffer from pre-diabetes, at a cost of more than $25 billion a year in increased medical services, according to new data from The Lewin Group.