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Hospital operator HCA, Inc., has announced an immediate internal reorganization that includes the promotion of the company's chief financial officer to president.
The need to drive down the cost of healthcare will be one of several factors leading to a $2.3 billion worldwide market for in vitro diagnostic company sales to physician office labs this year, according to healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information.
Community Health Systems announced Friday that its subsidiary is acquiring the assets of Mercy Health Partners, based in northeast Pennsylvania, from Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners.
The Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization will roll out analytics software to help its doctors measure clinical performance. The goal is to reduce variations in care - capabilities essential to the Massachusetts-based organization's plans to operate successfully under anticipated state and national payment reform changes.
Amid tepid enrollment, the Department of Health and Human Services has renewed efforts to increase awareness of the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP), the government's temporary insurance plan for those denied private insurance due to pre-existing conditions.
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association says Florida could reduce its Medicaid prescription drug spending by $462 million.
TRICARE, the health care program serving active duty service members, is gauging industry interest and capabilities for providing a Web-based electronic health record system for its military health system.
A new report issued by the Government Accountability Office has found that one-out-of-three Medicare Advantage beneficiaries is in a plan spending more than 15 percent of its projected Medicare payments on overhead and profit.
At a time when several newly-elected governors are railing against health reform's governmental intrusion, new Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is taking a different path - a proposal released this week to create a single-payer health plan for his state.
The U.S. healthcare sector continued its expansion in early 2011, with employment increasing in January by approximately 10,600 jobs.