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Through its Hospital Charitable Service Awards program, Jackson Healthcare has created an eBook for hospital executives interested in improving their organization's community benefit and charitable service reporting.

Christine Cassel, MD, long-time president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation is stepping down at the end of her current term in July 2013, ABIM announced on Friday.

The VA had published a proposed rule in March to eliminate the co-pays, then added a direct final rule that would expedite the process if the proposed rule received no "significant" opposition. With the comment period ending on April 5, the rule could go into effect as early as May 7.

Brian Burns, SVP of Health Care Services and Chief Contracting Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City discusses why the regional payer extended its existing PCMH model into broader health systems as opposed to encouraging an ACO model.

Thanks to former governor Mitt Romney, healthcare reform is working in Massachusetts. In fact, the state is number one in the nation for coverage because of the pivotal individual mandate he promoted.

The National Council on Aging and Humana Inc.'s Humana Cares have announced they will partner to pilot Stanford University's online Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP).

With the health reform law expected to impact state Medicaid in 2014, a lot of states are scrambling to get their ducks in order to handle the onslaught of new beneficiaries and claims.

Known across the globe as an expert on and an advocate for palliative care, geriatrician Diane Meier is also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a $500,000 unrestricted grant given to individuals who show extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits.

To improve America's lackluster performance on health outcomes compared with its peer nations and to maintain its international competitiveness, the United States needs to invest more in its public health system and spend public health dollars more efficiently, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

A Commonwealth Fund brief that analyzed insurance company MLR data from 2010 shows that health insurance consumers would have received $2 billion in rebates if the new medical loss ratio (MLR) rules contained in the Affordable Care Act had been in effect that year.