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The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System has launched an online service to help patients determine the cost of medical services in advance and learn how to get help with paying hospital bills.
A study published in the May 2010 online issue of Health Affairs finds that large multi-specialty medical groups provide higher quality care at a lower cost compared with physicians in small group practices.
Pay-for-performance programs could increase medical disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities and people of low socioeconomic status, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
An online provider of health insurance information is boosting its Medicare portfolio with a new acquisition.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has written to governors and state insurance commissioners urging them to re-examine any WellPoint health insurance rate increases in their states.
Each year, 50 percent to 85 percent of community health center patients – or between 10 million and 17 million people – experience unmet legal needs, many of which negatively impact their health, according to a new study.
The Tenet Healthcare Corporation this week reported an increase in first quarter earnings of 7.2 percent over the first quarter of 2009.
eHealth, Inc., the parent company of eHealthInsurance.com and eHealthMedicare.com, has acquired privately held PlanPrescriber, Inc., for approximately $28.7 million in cash.
Only about a third of Americans say they have actively prepared for being sidelined from work due to an injury or illness, even though nearly nine out of 10 say they know there are steps they can take to protect themselves.
Many physicians between the ages of 25 and 34 are being taught to practice defensive medicine, according to a national survey by Jackson Healthcare.