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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has reported that early data from its patient-centered medical home program shows "measurable progress" in keeping patients healthy and lowering costs.

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Monday the availability of $51 million in Affordable Care Act grants to help states review health insurance premiums.

While Nashville is slowly drying out from a devastating flood that forced the Healthcare Financial Management Association to move its annual conference, developers are moving forward with plans to open a medical trade center that could attract healthcare vendors and generate an estimated $390 million a year in business.

Healthcare providers struggling to shift from ICD-9 to ICD-10 code sets by the government’s Oct. 1, 2013 deadline could find the path to conversion a little easier, according to executives at Ingenix and Health Language, Inc.

The future of healthcare may very well lie in telemedicine, though it remains to be seen if providers and payers can agree on how such care is compensated.

The moving of the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s ANI conference from Nashville to Las Vegas due to flooding this year has given healthcare vendors ample opportunity to employ themes in the marketing of their products.

Charles Miller, spokesperson, Civil Division of the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Most of the 13.7 million uninsured young adults in the U.S. could gain coverage under the health reform law, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund.

The Treasury Department has released a report showing that the COBRA health insurance subsidy provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has helped middle class families maintain health insurance coverage during the recession.