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UnitedHealth Group is pushing a theme of behavior change and incentives to improve America's troubled healthcare system -- and, more importantly, the American patient. It's a battle that Reed Tuckson, MD, UnitedHealth's executive vice president and chief of medical affairs, says won't be easy.
California's top insurance regulator is backing a state ballot initiative asking voters to give his office the power to approve health insurance rate increases.
Mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare IT sector grew in 2012, with a significant portion of smaller, tactical deals yielding big return on investment, according to a report released Jan. 11 by mid-market investment firm Berkery Noyes.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission intensified its call to repeal the SGR (sustainable growth rate) formula despite the legislative fix at year-end to avert the fiscal cliff and override the planned 26.5 percent cut to provider payments.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission intensified its call to repeal the SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate) formula despite the legislative fix at year-end to avert the fiscal cliff and override the planned 26.5 percent cut to provider payments.
On Jan. 1 2013, 106 new accountable care organizations began participating in the Medicare shared savings program, as federal health officials try to show that new health reform programs powered in part by better IT are starting to reap financial benefits.
The global mHealth market will grow at a compound annual rate of 41.5 percent in the next five years to reach $10.2 billion by 2018, up from $1.3 billion in 2012, said a recent report from market research firm Transparency Market Research.
What will be some of the pressing issues in the healthcare sector that will impact financial administrators in 2013? There's a lot to choose from, that's for sure, but a few healthcare experts narrowed the options down during a daylong session for members of the Maine chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
An Oregon lawmaker wants to open the state insurance rate review process to consumer watchdog groups, potentially making public certain financial data and giving consumer groups the right to intervene.
While only 17 percent of the working age U.S. population, adults with disabilities account for disproportionately high (almost 40 percent) emergency department visits, according to a recent study from National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers.