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By Jeff Lagasse | 10:55 am | January 11, 2016
Newport Health and Northwell Health have combined forces in a new company, Health Connect Technologies, and DuPage Medical Group, an independent, multi-specialty physician group, has officially linked up with growth equity firm Summit Partners.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:47 am | January 11, 2016
UPMC on Monday said it will partner with Health Catalyst to take on the rising cost of healthcare by commercializing the healthcare system's cost management technology.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:37 am | January 11, 2016
A last-minute proposal to replace a controversial tax on health plans allowed California Gov. Jerry Brown to avoid deep health and social service cuts in his preliminary state budget for 2016-2017, released Thursday.
By Susan Morse | 10:06 am | January 11, 2016
Doctors, providers and other stakeholders have until Monday to submit comment on new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 12:30 pm | January 08, 2016
Healthcare Fraud charges have been filed against Dr. John Terry, 65, of Wellsboro, in connection with false prescriptions for Oxycodone authorities say he wrote, said the U.S. Attorney's Office.
By Henry Powderly | 10:09 am | January 08, 2016
Overall, the U.S. economy added 292,000 jobs in the month and the unemployment held flat at 5 percent.
By Jeff Lagasse | 09:28 am | January 08, 2016
A group of researchers from the University of Michigan have found that, Medicaid expansion nationally under the Affordable Care Act significantly reduced uninsured hospital stays in 2014, the latest in a slew of reports to suggest the reforms have resulted in fewer numbers of uninsured.
By Susan Morse | 03:59 pm | January 07, 2016
The creators of the Lumosity "brain training" program will pay the Federal Trade Commission $2 million to settle charges they deceived consumers with unfounded claims that their product sharpened cognitive performance and could protect against decline, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
By Susan Morse | 12:45 pm | January 07, 2016
Republicans will try to override the expected veto later this month, but House Speaker Paul Ryan admitted they do not have the votes to do so.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:26 am | January 07, 2016
For decades, if someone on Medicaid wanted to get treatment for drug or alcohol addiction, they almost always had to rely solely on money from state and local sources. Now the federal government is considering chipping in, too. The agency that governs Medicaid is proposing to cover 15 days of inpatient rehab per month for anyone enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan, but critics say 15 days isn't long enough.