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Rigorous performance measurement and evaluation will be critical to the success of accountable care organizations, according to industry experts.
A new report reveals that healthcare organizations are seeing slightly fewer medical malpractice claims - and those they are seeing aren't any more expensive than in past years.
Aided by its electronic health record system, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia has the highest breast cancer-screening rate for eligible women ages 42 to 69 among the health plans reporting to the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA).
New York-based Empire BlueCross BlueShield is launching a patient-centered medical home pilot in an effort to improve access to personalized and coordinated healthcare services.
Premier has submitted policy recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the structure and design of the Medicare accountable care organization program.
Americans' confidence in their ability to obtain and afford healthcare rose for the second consecutive month in September, according to a consumer sentiment index produced by Thomson Reuters.
Six Fortune 500 companies and Massachusetts have launched Catalyst for Payment Reform, a non-profit organization focused on helping large employers use their leverage to accelerate healthcare payment reforms.
A recent survey of approximately 2,000 nurse leaders indicates they're being paid less these days than they were three years ago - and they're not happy about it.
"Is HITECH working?" That was the question posed by Vince Kuraitis, principal of Better Health Technologies, at the Mobile Health Expo in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The third quarter of 2010 saw $66.5 billion in healthcare mergers and acquisitions activity, up 47 percent from the $45.1 billion spent in the previous quarter, according to a new report from Irving Levin Associates.