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U.S. HealthWorks, a national operator of occupational healthcare centers, has acquired two medical centers in south Florida.
With states considering reductions in Medicaid spending to address mounting budget deficits, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has sent a letter to governors outlining ways they can save money on Medicaid expenditures.
The National Academy of Social Insurance has issued a legislative toolkit intended to provide options for policymakers in implementing health insurance exchanges - a key element of the Affordable Care Act.
Before embracing an accountable care organization model, academic medical centers need to assess the financial risk, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule that would require most Medicare-participating providers and suppliers to give Medicare beneficiaries written notice about their right to contact a Medicare Quality Improvement Organization with concerns about the quality of care they receive.
Spending on psychiatric drugs grew 5.6 percent from 2004 to 2005, down from the 27.3 percent growth from 1999 to 2000, according to a study in the February issue of Health Affairs.
The SCIOinspire Corp., a provider of analytics-driven business process solutions for health plans and hospitals, has acquired National Audit, a healthcare claims audit and payment integrity services provider to large commercial and Medicare and Medicaid payers and pharmacy benefit managers.
Two years after the reauthorization and expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program, a state-by-state scorecard designed to evaluate how the system is working finds wide geographic disparities, according to the Commonwealth Fund.
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical staff and support personnel increased significantly in January, according to a report released this week.
Blue Shield of California will comply with a request by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to delay planned rate hikes for nearly 200,000 individual policy holders for 60 days to allow the commissioner's office time to examine them.