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Telehealth services offer substantial opportunities for healthcare cost savings, as well as a proven effectiveness with improving patient care, particularly in rural areas. However, to get the most bang for the buck, there is still much work that needs to be done. Fred Pennic offers five key thoughts on telehealth's expansion.
Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund and a nationally recognized economist, has a bone to pick with the federal government's recent report on U.S. healthcare spending.
South Carolina has received kudos for improving its methods to expand and retain eligible children in Medicaid by using information from other safety-net programs, such as food stamps, for enrollment.
A new study from healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners finds that many healthcare executives recognize the benefits of participating in a health information exchange, but lack an HIE budget.
The Ohio Department of Public Health and the year-old Governor's Office of Health Transformation (OHT) announced Wednesday that the state will invest $1 million to help primary care practices transition to a patient-centered medical home model.
Growth in U.S. health spending remained slow in 2010 and the health share of the gross domestic product was unchanged from 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reported. But a nationally recognized economist is saying the federal agency is overlooking the bigger picture.
Mississippi hospitals create over 60,000 jobs and add $11.9 billion to the state economy annually, according to a new study released this week by the Mississippi Hospital Association.
Genetic and genomic clinical laboratory testing generates 116,000 U.S. jobs and contributes $16.5 billion annually to the U.S. economy, according to a new report released Thursday by the Battelle Memorial Institute.
For the last five months, members of an independent organization established by the Affordable Care Act have been developing a national priorities agenda that may transform medical care and save healthcare dollars. The first draft of that agenda will become available for public comment beginning Monday.
Vermont lawmakers are taking steps to move the state toward a publicly-financed insurance program and craft a state health exchange, which is required by the 2010 federal health law and which state officials hope to use as the groundwork for their eventual move to a unique single-payer system.