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More than 1,750 companies and organizations hired a total of about 4,525 lobbyists to influence health reform bills in 2009, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity.
Despite the increasing clout of HMOs in the 1990s, hospitals maintained a dominant position in determining healthcare pricing decisions, according to a new study.
Several major health insurers are part of a coalition that is promoting texting as a way to keep expectant women, new moms and their babies healthy.
The Health IT Summit for Government Leaders in Washington, D.C. launched the new program that sends free health information directly to expectant and new moms' mobile phones last month. Officials are touting the text4baby program as the first free mobile health service in the country, with participants paying nothing to send or receive messages.
James Cameron's sci-fi movie Avatar centers on a Marine who, through a nifty bit of futuristic technology, is able to slip into a virtual body and explore an extraterrestrial world.
Like everywhere, Detroit has been hit hard by this recession – only much, much worse.
So when Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan started investigating ways to cut costs, they were wary about pursuing some of the options that might have realized the most savings.
In an unprecedented partnership between an insurance company and an online social network, Aetna has teamed with OneRecovery.com, a Web site that serves as an Internet community for people recovering from alcohol, drug abuse, and eating disorders, connecting them with each other and with healthcare professionals.
Mountain States Health Alliance, a 15-hospital health system in eastern Tennessee, is reaching across state lines to fund a nursing education program in Virginia, with the hope that local residents will ultimately fill nursing positions.
The Golden, Colo.-based healthcare ratings organization examined objective patient outcomes over three years at all 5,000 of the nation’s non-federal hospitals.
Last summer, the Department of Veterans Affairs temporarily halted 45 of its most problematic computer projects that were either behind schedule or over budget. Over the past six months, the VA has taken actions on these projects which saved $54 million.
The CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System, a five-hospital health system based in San Antonio, Texas, is implementing what it calls a “unique” revenue cycle management model.