Chris Anderson
A new high-deductible insurance plan from UPMC Health Plan will reward members who become more involved in their healthcare decisions and exhibit healthy behaviors via participation in more than 100 approved activities.
The National Cancer Institute recently awarded $6.3 million to UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital as one of three national sites to improve screening for colorectal cancer.
Nearly one-in-three Americans have economized on healthcare consultations and more than one-quarter have found ways to reduce spending on medications due to the ongoing economic doldrums, according to a new survey by Euro RSCG Worldwide.
The Institute of Medicine has released its recommendations to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, urging HHS to create an essential health benefits package that provides needed healthcare coverage, but keeps an eye on affordability.
Partners HealthCare, a nine-hospital health system with 1,300 primary care physicians and more than 6,000 specialists has agreed to join Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) global payment model beginning Jan. 1, 2012.
The Supreme court on Monday heard opening arguments for Douglas v. Independent Living Center, a California case focused on Medicaid program cuts that could have significant implications for cash-strapped states across the country.
AmeriHealth Mercy, one of the largest Medicaid managed care plans in the country, has teamed with Boston-based healthcare communications network company NaviNet on a pilot program that will push prescription and clinical patient information to providers' handheld devices.
Now that is has proven itself by beating the top two champions of the television game show Jeopardy! IBM's Watson technology is poised for its first commercial opportunity via a partnership with health insurance giant WellPoint that should see it providing clinical support to doctors as early as the first quarter of 2012.
According to a report last month from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare Advantage premiums will decrease by an average of 4 percent in 2012 and plans expect enrollment to increase by as much as 10 percent. This comes on the heels of an earlier announcement showing that the average Part D prescription plan premiums would remain virtually unchanged in 2012.