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More than 18.3 million adults aged 50 to 64 are expected to see significant improvement in their health insurance protections as provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are implemented in 2014, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.
Officials broke ground Monday on the new $534 million Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas.
Overall U.S. healthcare prices increased slightly from October to November, rising 0.2 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A Virginia federal district judge ruled Monday that a provision of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, marking a victory for those who oppose the law.
Physicians' groups are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to pay "long-overdue" 2010 Medicare reimbursements.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said last week that the 10 physician group practices participating in year four of the Medicare pay-for-performance demonstration project recorded estimated savings of $38.7 million in Medicare expenditures.
The University of Michigan Health System reports that a four-year Medicare physician group demonstration project, similar to an accountable care organization, has saved more than $15 million in the cost of care.
A new survey indicates it will cost physician practices roughly $120,000 per doctor to implement electronic health records - and that the speed in which a practice fully implements its EHR and shifts to the new workflow is critical to reducing the overall cost of adoption.
The University of Michigan Health System reports that a four-year Medicare physician group demonstration project, similar to an accountable care organization, has saved more than $15 million in the cost of care.
An analysis of 2004 national healthcare spending by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reveals some gender delineations.