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Geographic variations in Medicare medical treatment costs can differ among episodes of care for certain conditions and not only across but within regions, according to a new study from the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
An analysis of the patient-centered medical home program at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan shows it has saved an estimated $155 million from prevented claims over its first three years through June 2011.
Some Milton Friedman-esque critics of U.S. healthcare policy have long suggested that low-income people would be better off with insurance vouchers rather than Medicaid -- and now that approach is actually getting a chance.
More than half of the nation's accountable care organizations are using or looking into remote patient monitoring technology to manage chronic care populations, a new survey indicates, but questions remain as to whether that technology will be effective.
Integrating physicians into hospitals has been theorized to be a cost-saving measure. A new poll of physician executives indicates that such integration may actually increase healthcare costs.
Geographic variations in Medicare medical treatment costs can differ among episodes of care for certain conditions and not only across but within regions, according to a new study from the Center for Studying Health System Change.
A federal appeals court has ruled that California cannot limit dental, podiatry, optometry and other health services for Medicaid beneficiaries treated at certain federally-funded providers -- based on definitions by Medicare.
Molina Healthcare of New Mexico is assuming a Medicaid managed care contract from Lovelace Community Health Plans, after the health system-owned insurer lost a bid to participate in the state's new Medicaid program.
A recent report from the Urban Institute highlighted the different roles that states have taken in development of health insurance exchanges where the federal government is heavily involved in operating them.
The healthcare industry continued to add jobs in June, gaining nearly 20,000, including a rebound in the hospital sector, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.