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Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross announced Friday that it is investing $47 million to launch a new primary care physician payment program.
National health expenditures grew in 2008 at the slowest pace in nearly 50 years yet still outpaced economic growth at large, according to a new report from the California HealthCare Foundation.
The Hudson Health Plan, a Medicaid managed care organization based in New York, will implement an integrated care management software system offered by TCS Healthcare Technologies.
AstraZeneca will pay $520 million to resolve allegations that it marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration.
Leaders of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) have announced that health plans will end the practice of rescinding coverege before they're required to do so by federal healthcare reform legislation.
The Premier healthcare alliance has launched an $86 million "major new strategic plan" that will help hospitals leverage informatics to meet healthcare reform measures.
More than 43 percent of primary care providers received some form of additional compensation for on-call coverage, according to the Medical Group Management Association.
Health Net of California has been selected by the Fresno-Kings-Madera Regional Health Authority to administer CalViva Health, the local initiative Medi-Cal plan.
A New York City federal grand jury has indicted four individuals and three corporations for mail and wire fraud conspiracies related to work contracts at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
The cost for in-home healthcare has risen just 1.7 percent a year over the past five years, compared to 6.7 percent for assisted living facilities and 4.5 percent for a private room in a nursing home, according to a new survey.