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By Mike Miliard | 10:59 am | April 13, 2016
He spoke to our sister site Healthcare IT News about the program, the people who make Geisinger work, the evolution of population health and the promise of what he calls "anticipatory medicine."
By Susan Morse | 10:28 am | April 13, 2016
Marketplace premiums rose by 8 percent last year, well below the double-digit rise predicted by some observers of Obamacare, according to a Department of Health and Human Services report released Tuesday.
By Henry Powderly | 04:39 pm | April 12, 2016
Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acting administrator Andy Slavitt to delay releasing the latest quarterly Hospital Compare rankings over concerns that the methodology used to rate hospitals fails to account for a patient pool's social and income-level standings.
By Susan Morse | 03:36 pm | April 12, 2016
The Affordable Care Act requires states to conduct third-party reviews of Medicaid eligibility before renewing coverage, but a new report by Georgetown University Health Policy Institute has found that legacy technology and a lack of communication can make that difficult.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:29 pm | April 12, 2016
The first Zika vaccine candidate may enter initial clinical trials in September, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 02:20 pm | April 12, 2016
Unfortunately, thousands of people in need of mental health treatment are often being dropped at the emergency departments of their local hospitals, where under federal law doctors must evaluate these patients despite the limitations on ER-based mental health treatment.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:59 am | April 12, 2016
Healthcare payment solution company SwervePay has acquired StatPayMD, a cost transparency group, in order to provide information and price transparency tools to consumers, the companies announced.
By Henry Powderly | 11:07 am | April 12, 2016
Rite Aid earned nearly $166 million and opened 23 health clinics in 2015, the company announced in what may be its last full-year earnings report before its scheduled takeover by Walgreens.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:19 am | April 12, 2016
California Hospital Association is staunchly opposed to Assembly bill, saying that finding the right placement for a patient is much more complex than identifying an empty bed, and a registry could actually hinder efforts to get patients appropriate treatment.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:59 am | April 12, 2016
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 requires most health plans to provide mental health and substance abuse treatment benefits that are at least as generous as the plan's benefits for medical and surgical care.