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Social media pundit and Nashua, N.H.-based primary care physician Kevin Pho, MD, regularly shares his views on healthcare issues from the provider perspective. In this Q&A, he takes a look at how healthcare will factor into the presidential election.
Healthcare employment continued to increase in December, growing by 23,000, according to a report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation today projected that its 2012 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation (EBITDA) would be in the range of $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion, a moderate uptick from its expected EBITDA for 2011.
The Justice Department filed its brief Friday on the question of the constitutionality of requiring Americans to attain minimum health insurance coverage. This is the first of four briefs to be filed as the Obama Administration explains its case supporting the health reform law before the Supreme Court hears arguments in March.
A national survey of physicians finds that doctors believe their patients' unmet social needs, such as access to reliable transportation and adequate housing, lead directly to worse health.
The U.S. market for orthopedic biomaterials will grow at an average of just under 7 percent per year, to total approximately $4 billion by 2016, predicts medical technology market research firm Millennium Research Group (MRG).
A recently published survey from industry consultant HTMS, an Emdeon company, and the Managed Care Executives Group (MCEG) showed that only 4 percent of small and mid-sized health plans consider health reform to be a threat to their business.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts struck down a state law in effect since 2009 that barred some legal immigrants residing in the state from receiving subsidized health insurance coverage.
The Illinois Health Information Exchange will spend $7.5 million for a technology platform for the exchange. Officials recently announced a contract with Cambridge, Mass.-based InterSystems for implementation of InterSystems HealthShare.
Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, has shared seven market trends that will shape telemedicine and telehealth in the immediate future. These trends represent major changes from the existing norm, creating new challenges and opportunities for the industry, he says.