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A recent policy analysis from the National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR), written by Carrier and other researchers from the center, reviews the various types of quality measurements and discusses ways in which payers can help make quality information more available, reliable and usable.
Kentucky will be the 21st state to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, Governor Steve Beshear announced Thursday.
Increasing healthcare cost sharing does little to reduce overall healthcare costs or make it more efficient, according to a report released Wednesday by the Economic Policy Institute. But shifting the burden to patients puts an excessive load on those who may need care the most and can least afford it.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is going to offer clarification on wellness programs and federal nondiscrimination compliance, after several business groups and disability advocates asked for guidance on the issue.
In an effort to take the first steps toward a more transparent pricing structure in the U.S. healthcare market, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday published nationwide hospital charge data showing wide variations in how much Medicare pays for services in different markets.
Humana has named its first chief medical officer, Roy Beveridge, MD, an oncologist and internist currently working as CMO at McKesson Specialty Health.
Last fall, St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn., became the first hospital in the state to make the decision to eliminate the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages from all of its properties.
If Congress pursues tax reform in the near future, one tax expenditure likely to be considered and possibly adjusted is the exemption for employer-sponsored insurance -- and it's about time, argue researchers at the Urban Institute.
The healthcare industry is on notice: Fraud recoveries in the healthcare sector are on the rise and whistle-blowers are the biggest weapon in the fight against fraud.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) on Monday announced funding totaling $88.6 million for 51 projects across the country for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research.