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Ten U.S. health systems have been identified by Thomson Reuters as providing the best quality of care, efficiency and patient satisfaction.
Health plans have shown incremental progress each year in improving health for diabetics and controlling costs for treatment of diabetes, but they still have a long way to go, according to a new report.
Greater spending on medical services does translate to better overall health for Medicare participants, according to a new study from George Mason University and the Urban Institute.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida has announced the release of its first Florida Blue mobile app for the iPhone and Android smartphones, designed to provide members with general health information, tools to manage their own health and details about their benefits.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, has awarded CGI a contract renewal worth $44.9 million to help prevent, detect, deter and correct improper payments within Pennsylvania's Medicaid Medical Assistance program.
A patient recruiter for a Houston-based durable medical equipment company is the latest to be convicted in court for a scheme in which Medicare was billed for wheelchairs supposedly damaged in a hurricane.
A leader of a prescription fraud scheme has been sentenced to six years in prison for healthcare fraud, HIPAA violations and aggravated identity theft.
Oregon lawmakers agreed to an 11.5 percent cut in Medicaid payments to hospitals instead of the 19 percent cut requested by Gov. John Kitzhaber for the 2011-2013 budget.
In what he described as "both an opportunity and an obligation," Vermont Gov. Pete Shumlin has signed the country's first single-payer law, setting the state on a course to be first with a publicly financed healthcare system.
The American Medical Association is calling on the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to make changes to their proposed policy regarding antitrust enforcement of accountable care organizations so that physicians in all practice sizes can develop, lead and actively participate in ACOs.