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A survey of almost 3,000 physicians indicates 65 percent are worried that healthcare reform would result in less pay for them and lower the quality of care for their patients.
A new study by the Department of Health and Human Services indicates 129 million Americans under age 65 have a pre-existing condition that could render them unable to afford or to qualify for health insurance without the safety provided under the Affordable Care Act.
Community Physicians for Indiana and the Deaconess Clinic have joined the Integrated Research Network operated by HealthCore, the first two health systems in the state to participate in the nationwide collaborative aimed at providing data to improve treatment costs and outcomes.
Siemens Financial Services is expanding its healthcare financing department to include project, construction and permanent real estate financing, as well as asset-based and cash flow-based term loans.
The Minnesota Medical Association has asked Medica to delay the January 19 release of its individual physician rating program, known as the Premium Designation Program.
Healthcare reform could close the gap between recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, charged by the government to review clinical preventive health services for older adults, and Medicare coverage for those services, according to a new study.
Blue Shield of California has announced it will work with an outside actuarial firm to examine its proposed rate increase for 194,000 individual members, some of whom would see their rates increase by as much as 59 percent.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted last week to recommend to Congress a 1 percent increase in Medicare hospital inpatient and hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates for 2012, in addition to a 1 percent pay rate increase for physicians.
MEDecision published an e-book Tuesday, Medical Loss Ratios: Important Implications for Care Management, which examines the impact new Health and Human Services mandates will have on care delivery models - and explores the critical role of health IT as health plans work to meet the new requirements.
Hospitals hiring physicians as employees and primary care physicians receiving financial incentives for patients who do well are among the 2010 healthcare trends cited in a new industry report from staffing firm Jackson & Coker.