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One-third of consumers use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and online forums to find health-related information, track symptoms and broadcast their thoughts about doctors, drugs, treatments, medical devices and health plans says a recent report by the Health Research Institute (HRI) at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) US.
Health policy institute NEHI today identified 11 emerging technologies that have the potential to improve care and lower costs for chronic disease patients, especially those in at-risk populations.
With so much political rhetoric aimed at the Affordable Care Act these days and many openly hoping the Supreme Court will throw the baby out with the individual mandate bathwater, the law’s strong points very often get drowned out by the static and noise.
Within a handful of miles of the birthplace of the American Revolution, a new revolution was being fomented the last week of April.
While most states' efforts to overhaul Medicaid have focused on bolstering managed care as a way to hold a lid on costs, in Oregon a radical redesign of its Medicaid program aims to foster cooperation between providers and create a broader whole-person care model for the roughly 500,000 who receive care under the state's low-income insurance plan.
With a changing medical model that is moving from treating the sick to helping people stay fit, wellness centers have become a component of the real estate strategies for some health systems, hospital executives told an audience of healthcare real estate professionals at THE Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International's Medical Office Building conference in Atlanta in early May.
David Walker, founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative and former U.S. Comptroller General, gave Healthcare Finance News’ Managing Editor Stephanie Bouchard a glimpse of what to expect when he presents his keynote address to attendees of the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s annual conference on June 26.
Between 2011 and 2021, national health spending is projected to grow at an average rate of 5.7 percent annually, according to projections set forth in a study done by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' National Health Expenditure Accounts Team and published in the July issue of Health Affairs.
With the Supreme Court expected to make a ruling within the next two weeks on key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, UnitedHealthcare, Humana and Aetna have agreed to continue offering certain provisions of the law, regardless of its legal fate.
According to a report released Friday by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, the ratings agency believes there could very likely be a net negative for for-profit hospitals with the full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.