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There was a readiness gap between what physicians thought they could do and what they were eligible to do to collect meaningful use incentives last year, a new study finds.
A political debate is heating up in Connecticut as politicians consider the ramifications if the ACA is ruled unconstitutional.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released two healthcare reports last Friday showing that overall in the years 2002 through 2008, quality, access and disparities in healthcare for most racial and ethnic groups improved minimally, if at all.
The U.S. Department of Labor recently launched a new online tool that will allow current and prospective healthcare workers to explore more than 80 occupations, identify local education and training programs and tap into current job listings.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a final rule Tuesday aimed at preventing Medicare fraud. CMS estimates the rule will help save taxpayers nearly $1.6 billion over 10 years.
Health insurer WellPoint is working with Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center to develop new diagnosis and treatment solutions. Wellpoint will look to the cancer center to provide clinical expertise to help shape its new products.
The forecast for the Medicare program remains the same as last year, with the program expected to remain solvent until 2024. But the program's solvency depends on several financial and political assumptions that are unpredictable.
Recently, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP) out of Albany, N.Y., and WellTok, Inc. announced the roll out of CafeWell, a social health management network that's focused on improving the health of individuals and populations, to all of CDPHP's 350,000 members throughout New York.
Thomson Reuters will sell its healthcare business to an affiliate of Veritas Capital for $1.25 billion in cash, the company announced Monday.
A new report indicates that the Affordable Care Act will save Medicare more than $200 billion through 2016, announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Monday.