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A new survey indicates patients in need of emergency department care are experiencing the longest wait times in several years.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $9 million in awards to support 15 preventive medicine residency programs at accredited schools of public health, schools of medicine and hospitals.

GE Healthcare IT has announced the availability of its Meaningful Use-ready software release for Centricity Enterprise, the company's integrated clinical, financial and administrative software solution for hospitals.

Gaining health IT incentives, accountable care and new payment models are at the top of healthcare executives' priority lists for the coming year-and-a-half, according to a new survey.

Ninety percent of doctors are affiliated with at least one hospital, with the average physician affiliated with 1.7 hospitals, according to SK&A.

Three federal agencies have combined to announce new regulations that would allow patients to appeal health plan denials and "help support and protect consumers and help end some of the worst insurance company abuses."

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has awarded $88 million in grants, under the Affordable Care Act, to support evidence-based home visiting programs focused on improving the well-being of families with young children.

A new report from Consumers Union charges nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans with setting aside billions of dollars in surplus over the past decade while raising rates as much as 20 percent a year.

Broadlane has expanded its cost management offerings to 34 products and divided them into six service lines. In addition, the Dallas-based company has renamed itself The Broadlane Group.

Virginia's Anthem BCBS has launched an initiative to reduce expenditures on ER visits, roughly 60 percent of which could be shifted to other locations that provide the same care for a fraction of the price.