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The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up Virginia's lawsuit on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act until the case has gone through all the lower courts.
Lawson Software, which offers a wide range of business intelligence solutions that can be found in many of the nation's healthcare systems, has agreed to be acquired for roughly $2 billion by an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital and Infor.
Safe lift programs in long-term care facilities lead to fewer worker injuries and lower workers' compensation costs, according to researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
The U.S Justice Department has broadened its probe of Community Health Systems' outpatient billing practices, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in fiscal year 2012. The rule would increase payment rates under the IRF Prospective Payment System by a projected 1.5 percent — an estimated $120 million nationwide.
Enrollment in managed Medicaid plans is on the rise, according to Mark Farrah Associates, a Kennebunk, Me.-based data aggregator and publisher of health plan market data.
More than 600 people descended on the New Hampshire Statehouse to protest Medicaid cuts. A public hearing on the budget cuts drew public comments that stretched for more than 6 hours from people objecting to a list of cuts to Medicaid including in-home support services, mental health grants and bloc grants to the state's 13 largest hospitals.
Long-term care costs are still rising, but not as much as other goods and services, according to John Hancock Financial by LifePlans.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced on Tuesday four arrests were made in a south suburban Chicago nursing home after a surprise "Operation Guardian" compliance check.
People with low incomes or chronic health problems who enroll in high-deductible health plans are at no more risk for cutting back on needed healthcare than other people who enroll in the plans, according to a new RAND Corporation study.