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Health Plan of Michigan has announced a patient-centered medical home incentive program that encourages providers to become PCMHs by providing financial assistance during the practice certification phase.
As the Connecticut Legislature debates a bill requiring private businesses to provide paid sick days to its workers, the Institute for Women's Policy Research has issued a report saying paid sick days will save the state - and the healthcare system - money.
A new audit released Monday by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has brought physician billing for home health services into the spotlight.
HearUSA, a national hearing care provider network, is selling its assets to an affiliate of a Danish hearing care company to pull the company out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The Medicare Trustees Report released Friday has forecasted that Medicare's Hospital Insurance Fund is projected to run out of money in 2024, five years earlier than the trustees projected last year in their annual report.
The American Hospital Association says start-up and management costs for an accountable care organization are considerably higher than estimated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in its proposed rule.
The MRO Corporation, a King of Prussia, Pa.-based developer of disclosure management applications and services for healthcare providers, has acquired the assets of Keystone Management Solutions, a Malvern, Pa.-based provider of release of information services.
The Department of Health and Human Services has made available more than $100 million in funding for up to 75 community transformation grants. HHS officials said the grants, funded by the Affordable Care Act, are aimed at helping communities reduce chronic diseases.
An analysis of Medicare by the Department of Health and Human Services shows changes implemented under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will save more than $120 billion over the next five years.
WakeMed Health and Hospitals of Raleigh, N.C., has submitted an unsolicited offer to purchase rival Rex Healthcare from the UNC Health Care system for $750 million.