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By Kaiser Health News | 10:20 am | March 31, 2016
An apparently deadlocked Supreme Court is asking lawyers in a closely watched health law case to provide more information on how women working for religious employers might be able to get insurance coverage for contraception without violating the rights of their bosses. The order also included a request for information about a scenario that might be a possible compromise in the case.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:55 am | March 30, 2016
Donald Trump on Tuesday night said the top three priorities of the federal government are national security, healthcare, and education.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:48 am | March 30, 2016
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and the Parkinson's Action Network have announced plans to integrate. MJFF made the announcement in a statement, saying that PAN will cease to operate as an independent organization, and will merge into the Foundation.
By Susan Morse | 11:28 am | March 30, 2016
UPMC, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, will increase minimum starting salaries for entry-level positions to $15 an hour by January 2021, according to UPMC.com.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:22 am | March 30, 2016
The healthcare system in the United States is spending billions per year unnecessarily by continuing to use manual administrative processes for basic transactions, according to the 2015 CAQH Index released Wednesday.
By Jack McCarthy | 11:12 am | March 30, 2016
MedStar Health was forced to turn some patients away on Tuesday as it recovered from a computer virus.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:44 am | March 30, 2016
A new analysis of data shows patients spend about $17 billion annually treating potentially avoidable complications of diabetes, said researchers at the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute.
By Bernie Monegain | 03:31 pm | March 29, 2016
Caleb Anderson said that one potential option is to have a vendor run the patient call center, submit claims, handle denials and more.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:11 pm | March 29, 2016
Cholesterol test results obtained through Theranos Inc. were substantially different than those from large laboratory companies, implying that doctors' medical decisions could be thrown off by Theranos-acquired results, a study finds.
By Susan Morse | 12:26 pm | March 29, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will requiring states to provide mental health and substance abuse assistance as they would any other medical services for low-income adults and children.