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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:41 pm | November 10, 2011
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has recently signed up eight large health systems under an aligned incentive model, a critical milestone in the health plan's strategy of fostering an accountable care organization.
By Chris Anderson | 11:44 am | November 10, 2011
The Aetna Foundation and four other healthcare foundations in Connecticut have announced plans to fund a survey of residents aimed at finding out how well healthcare is delivered in the state.
By Rene Letourneau | 11:08 am | November 10, 2011
Private equity firm Ancor Capital Partners announced Tuesday that it has acquired WellSpring Pharmaceutical Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of specialty prescription and over-the-counter products. This is Ancor's fifteenth acquisition in the healthcare segment.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:31 am | November 10, 2011
CMS will analyze enrollment and medical claims to keep bad actors out of Medicare, share information with Medicaid and thwart fraudulent payment.
By Chris Anderson | 03:02 pm | November 09, 2011
The average compensation for leadership executives at healthcare systems increased 3 percent in 2011 and hospitals increased nursing employment by 1.8 according to new survey results released by Integrated Health Strategies.
By Julie Appleby and Sarah Varney | 01:59 pm | November 09, 2011
Walmart - the nation's largest retailer and biggest private employer - now wants to dominate a growing part of the healthcare market, offering a range of medical services from basic prevention to management of chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
By Mike Miliard | 12:34 pm | November 09, 2011
Chronically and seriously ill adults who received care from a medical home were less likely to report medical errors, test duplication and other care coordination failures, according to a new international survey from the Commonwealth Fund.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:26 pm | November 09, 2011
A group of states and vendors focused on eliminating the barriers to sharing electronic health records have issued a set of technical specifications to standardize connections between providers, health information exchanges and other data-sharing partners.
By Chris Anderson | 12:09 pm | November 09, 2011
On the same day voters in Ohio were summarily rejecting by a margin of nearly 2-to-1 the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, justices at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia weighed in with a ruling upholding the mandate as constitutional.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:09 pm | November 09, 2011
On the same day voters in Ohio were summarily rejecting by a margin of nearly 2-to-1 the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, justices at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia weighed in with a ruling upholding the mandate as constitutional.