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The Massachusetts healthcare system, widely regarded as an example of how to provide universal coverage and keep costs low, is faltering badly and should not be held up as a national model for reform, according to a study released by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and Public Citizen.
New Jersey's hospitals are reporting sharp hits to their bottom lines, a drain on cash reserves and an increase in layoffs, according to a statewide survey conducted by the New Jersey Hospital Association.
Insurance reforms are at the heart of a new Commonwealth Fund study that claims the changes could slow the growth of health spending by $3 trillion by the end of the next decade.
In a move to unite the power and influence of major U.S. nursing unions, the United American Nurses, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association are joining together to form a new, 150,000-member association.
The global hospital information systems market will climb past $35 billion by 2015, according to a new forecast by Global Industry Analysts. The United States represents the largest market in the world.
The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy said it helped to remove - at "the 11th hour" - language in the economic stimulus bill that would have damaged philanthropic fundraising efforts by nonprofit hospitals.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched a $15 million, four-year initiative to increase enrollment and retention of eligible children in public health insurance programs like Medicaid and the States' Children's Health Insurance Program.
The mystery behind last week's collapse of the Emageon-HSS merger appears to be tied to Tuesday's bombshell announcement of $8 billion fraud charges against a Texas-based international financing company.
The law sets aside $19.2 billion for healthcare IT and more than $100 billion for other healthcare measures, including Medicaid funding and subsidies to help unemployed workers afford healthcare coverage through COBRA.
Missouri's extensive 2005 Medicaid cuts slowed the growth in Medicaid spending but did not reduce Medicaid costs, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.