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By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:00 am | December 23, 2011
A vote to extend the payroll tax cut and avert a 27.4 percent Medicare pay cut for physicians was approved today.
By Rene Letourneau | 09:55 am | December 23, 2011
More than one in five Americans were in families with problems paying medical bills in 2010, about the same proportion as in 2007, according to a national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
By Michelle McNickle | 05:45 pm | December 22, 2011
Recently, the Care Continuum Alliance, an advocate for population health management, surveyed industry leaders to assess the market and predict trends for the coming year. Here are eight key issues facing population health management in 2012, according to the report.
By Rene Letourneau | 11:15 am | December 22, 2011
Thomson Reuters today announced that it has suspended the divestiture process for its healthcare business. The company had revealed plans to sell the division in June.
By Chris Anderson | 11:05 am | December 22, 2011
Cigna and independent physicians organization Partners in Care, which operates in New Jersey, recently launched an accountable care organization that will treat more than 14,000 Cigna members at roughly 160 participating PIC practices.
By Chris Anderson | 10:31 am | December 22, 2011
A Kaiser Permanente program for women at risk of substance abuse during their pregnancy could save $2 billion each year if applied on a national basis, according to a new study published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:31 am | December 22, 2011
A Kaiser Permanente program for women at risk of substance abuse during their pregnancy could save $2 billion each year if applied on a national basis, according to a new study published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 04:39 pm | December 21, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a new demonstration project that will continue the push to keep patients with chronic conditions in their homes rather than place them in long-term care facilities.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:38 am | December 21, 2011
House Republicans voted yesterday to reject a Senate deal that would have extended the payroll tax break and unemployment benefits and provided physicians a reprieve on a 27.4 percent Medicare payment cut.
By Mike Miliard | 04:06 pm | December 20, 2011
Health insurer WellPoint announced this week that it will work with the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute to help provide clinical expertise as it develops healthcare capabilities for IBM's Watson.