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A recent study in Health Affairs examines for the first time the effects that differences in healthcare service volume and price, rather than simply spending and use, have on state and regional Medicaid spending.

Former Justice lawyer and prosecutor Leon Rodriguez is appointed director of the Office of Civil Rights.

Healthcare Finance News Managing Editor René Letourneau spoke recently with George Taylor, III, partner at the law firm Burr & Forman in Birmingham, Ala., about the mergers and acquisitions environment in 2011

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with several key initial partners launched Million Hearts, an initiative announced Tuesday that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years.

Two-thirds of low income individuals who receive Medicaid are enrolled in comprehensive managed care programs, including risk-based managed care organizations (MCO) and primary care case management programs.

In the 10 years since 9/11, hospitals and healthcare facilities have made major strides in their disaster preparedness efforts.

Advances in gene therapy and stem cell research are leading to double-digit annual sales growth in the orthopedic biomaterials market, according to the healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information.

2010 was a record year for the number of practicing physician assistants (PAs) in the United States. The American Academy of Physician Assistants' 2010 Census Report found numbers of practicing PAs reached 83,466, up 100 percent from 10 years ago.

Increasingly, questions are being raised about the overtesting of older patients, part of a growing skepticism about the widespread practice of routine screening for cancer and other ailments of people in their 70s, 80s and even 90s.