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Patients with diabetes who received their heart medications by mail were less likely to visit the emergency room than those who picked up prescriptions in person, a study by Kaiser Permanente found.

HealthCare.gov, the government's hobbled health insurance website, is fixed and running smoothly, CMS officials announced Dec. 1 in a rare Sunday telephone news briefing.

After years of trying to clamp down on hospital spending, the federal government wants to get control over what Medicare spends on nursing homes, home health services and other medical care typically provided to patients after they have left the hospital.

As the government continues to crack down on fraud, healthcare providers are likely to soon become familiar -- if they aren't already -- with civil investigative demands. A former federal prosecutor offers tips to providers on how they can potentially narrow the scope of CIDs.

In an effort to achieve revenue gains, some hospitals have turned to improving clinical documentation. Putting in place a clinical documentation improvement program is a strategy that can lead to long-term financial stability.

Amid increasing provider integration, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen is putting pressure on health systems to embrace more transparency.

Cigna and Kaiser Permanente of California tied as the top insurers during the third quarter in health rewards company EveryMove's ranking of customer engagement.

Global spending on medicines is predicted to grow slowly in the next five years, with growth in developed countries much slower than in emerging markets.

As public insurance exchanges get off to a very rocky start, U.S. insurers and policy makers could learn from some European countries' recent experiences -- and problems -- in requiring and subsidizing citizens to purchase private insurance.

For years, hospitals have been trying to discover new strategies for getting greater efficiencies out of their supply chains. Here are some current trends.