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President Barack Obama will hold a healthcare summit Thursday at the White House in an effort to launch widespread support for healthcare reform.

West Penn Allegheny Health System posted a net loss of $5.6 million and an operating loss of $9.1 million in the second quarter of 2009.

SCHIP provided coverage to 7.4M children in 2008 Medicare pilots failed, study concludes Calif. nonprofits get $5.7M+ in healthcare grants Elderly in long-term care use Medicare more often

LifeMasters and Health Network One are implementing a financial incentive component to their South Florida Medicaid and Medicare demonstration project.

More than two-thirds of health plan executives responding to a CSC survey are worried that rising unemployment will negatively impact their small-group line of business.

The Washington State Health Care Authority’s health record bank system has gone live in Bellingham, Cashmere and Spokane, while the Oregon Department of Human Services has released a Request for Proposal for its HRB.

Rural healthcare advocate to head HRSA Cardiac conditions lead personal health spending Physicians will receive incentives for EHR use New York leads states in long-term care spending

Outpatient surgery visits increased 67 percent between 1996 and 2006 to 34.7 million a year, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC says reimbursement changes helped lead to the increase.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a 60-day delay of the effective date of the Competitive Bidding Interim Final Rule, to April 18, 2009.

If every American had a patient-centered medical home, healthcare costs would likely decrease by 5.6 percent, resulting in a national savings of $67 billion per year.