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An accountable care organization in Texas is providing healthcare services that improve patient care and outcomes through a network of patient-centered medical home clinics instead of a hospital, according to a case study from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Patients are finding it hard to research their primary care doctors, according to a new survey, which finds that they're currently often making a choice about a PCP based on location, or what they find on their insurance company's website.
A recent post-open enrollment survey conducted by HighRoads indicates that employees worry most about the rising cost of healthcare coverage, followed by coverage cancellation and new taxes on healthcare benefits.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded CGI Federal Inc., a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group, a competitive, five-year task order worth $55 million.
Americans overwhelmingly believe that failure on the part of U.S. policymakers to invest more in medical innovation today will have a "significant long-term impact" on quality of life, employment and economic growth, according to a new poll.
After a relatively good year compared to other sectors, the strength of the national healthcare labor market remained flat across a number of major metropolitan areas in the fourth quarter.
Defibrillators designed for use at home - though considered a new, very small area of the homecare products market - boast the highest forecasted annual growth in the homecare segment, according to Kalorama Information.
Organizations deemed "better-performing medical practices" by the Medical Group Management Association's "Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data," excelled in four performance management categories.
Accenture and Plexis have announced a joint solution to optimize the efficiency, cost, and reliability of Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).
The number of health savings accounts and health reimbursement accounts continued to rise in 2010, numbering 5.7 million accounts, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Assets in these accounts also increased to $7.7 billion.