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Not satisfied with having cut nearly half of the $6 billion allotted under the Affordable Care Act to help create health CO-OPs, the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week voted to defund the remaining $3.4 billion in the program.
Within a handful of miles of the birthplace of the American Revolution, a new revolution was being fomented the last week of April.
As a way to bring awareness to an inexpensive way to prevent injuries and death to children, the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (Ohio AAP) is sponsoring Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Week from May 7-11, 2012. According to Ohio AAP, a $10 bike helmet saves a healthcare system $41 per child.
The global market for clinical chemistry, valued at $11.1 billion in 2011, is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5 percent, to reach $17.3 billion in 2018, said medical intelligence company GlobalData in a new report.
The National Quality Forum (NQF) board of directors has endorsed two measures that address all-cause unplanned readmissions in hospitals -- an area of healthcare targeted for improvement given national imperatives to make healthcare safer, more affordable and keep people healthy.
In order to control the overall cost of healthcare in the U.S., stakeholders must focus on high-cost patients with chronic conditions, David Blumenthal, MD, told an audience at NEHI's Bridging the Innovation Gap conference in Boston on Thursday.
With the help of a two-year task force effort with the Foundation for Health Coverage Education (FHCE), Sharp HealthCare in San Diego has saved $5 million from self-pay patient reimbursements at four of their busiest emergency departments.
A new program called the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA) is attempting to make New York a hub for the emerging digital health technology industry.
Trustees of the Medicare program today forecast increased financial troubles as a result of an aging population and rising health care costs, increasing the visibility of an issue that is already proving divisive in the 2012 presidential and Congressional campaigns.
A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) noted that oversight by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of state Medicaid managed care programs was inconsistent and did not ensure the quality of the data used to set rates.