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By Susan Morse | 04:42 pm | December 01, 2015
Pharmacy benefit company Express Scripts is partnering with Imprimis Pharmaceuticals to offer $1 a pill alternative to Daraprim, a drug owned by Martin Shkreli's company, Turing Pharmaceutical.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:31 pm | December 01, 2015
Women in Medicaid expansion states are far more likely to get screened for breast cancer, according to a new study by the Radiological Society of North America, which released the results at its annual meeting on Monday.
By Susan Morse | 11:58 am | December 01, 2015
From 2010 to 2014, there's been 2.1 million fewer hospital-acquired conditions; 87,000 fewer hospital-acquired condition related deaths; and $19.8 billion in costs have been averted, according to CMS Deputy Director Patrick Conway.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:50 am | December 01, 2015
While the average premium for the least expensive closed network silver plan -- principally HMOs -- rose from $274 to $299, a 9 percent increase, the average premium for the least expensive PPO or other silver-level open access plan grew from $291 to $339, an 17 percent jump.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:48 am | December 01, 2015
The state's only health insurance co-op will shut down operations on December 31, after failing to find additional financing, Meritus officials announced November 25.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:38 am | December 01, 2015
Moody's Investor Services will start factoring a healthcare providers' cybersecurity strength into their credit ratings, the agency said this week, as hackers continue to infiltrate the sector.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:20 am | December 01, 2015
The California attorney general is reviewing the proposed change in control and governance of two nonprofits, California-based St. Joseph Health System and Providence Health & Services, based out of Washington.
By Healthcare IT News Staff | 10:46 am | December 01, 2015
The three-day Privacy & Security Forum kicked off Tuesday in Boston, bringing together nearly 70 expert speakers from across healthcare and beyond to offer perspectives and best practices for managing one of biggest challenges of our time: protecting patient data.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:42 am | December 01, 2015
The facility is slated to be renamed the Krispy Kreme Challenge Children's Specialty Clinic, but criticism from the medical community at the University of North Carolina and elsewhere is making the health care system rethink that choice.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:40 am | December 01, 2015
Healthcare has outstripped retail as the most breached business sector, according to a new report by digital security giant Gemalto, equalled only by government as the most targeted by hackers.