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Pacific Gateway, a regional workforce development agency in Long Beach, Calif., was awarded $2,816,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to upgrade skills, certifications and training needs in the healthcare sector on Tuesday.
The average per-capita cost of healthcare services in the United States continues to climb but at a slightly slower rate according to Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index.
For the second time, the government has delayed enforcement of HIPAA 5010, CMS said Thursday. The new enforcement date is June 30, 2012.
A report on personalized medicine finds that doctors support the use of genetic testing to help diagnose disease and target prevention, but they are concerned about the costs of those tests.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) announced Thursday it would postpone enforcement of HIPAA 5010 transactions until June 30, 2012, the second three-month delay since going live on January 1.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) has settled a potential violation of HIPAA privacy and security provisions with the Department of Health and Human Services for $1.5 million. It is the first enforcement action resulting from the HITECH Breach Notification Rule.
As part of The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services effort to dramatically reduce hospital readmissions by 2013, the agency has announced 23 new organizations that will participate in its Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP).
In a panel discussion at the Nashville Health Care Council, one veteran Washington journalist -- along with think-tank analysts and an insurance executive -- predicted that the Supreme Court is likely to uphold all provisions of the Affordable Care Act this spring.
According to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, there are stark differences between communities state and nationwide when it comes to healthcare access, cost and quality.
The projected shortage of primary care physicians in the coming years, along with a relatively high turnover rate among physician assistants and nurse practitioners will challenge medical groups as they look to embark on new collaborative models of healthcare according to a survey by Cejka Search and the American Group Medical Association (AGMA).