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A group of healthcare and consumer organizations and companies has released five policy recommendations designed to promote better medication adherence, with potential savings of as much as $300 billion a year.
Health insurance reform will bring down costs for small businesses by creating a health insurance exchange, providing a small business tax credit and ending the “hidden tax” on small businesses that provide health insurance, according to a recent report.
Thirty-one states are included in the new 508 compliant National State-by-State Medicaid Statistical Information System eligibility and claims tables for federal fiscal years 2005-2008, now available on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's Web site.
The House health reform bill unveiled on Thursday includes a provision for implementing a unique device identification system that healthcare providers say could save $16 billion a year.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) unveiled on Thursday an $894 billion comprehensive health reform package. Pelosi said H.R. 3962 would rein in premiums, co-pays and deductibles and lift the cap on what insurance companies cover each year.
As the healthcare reform debate continues, medical liability reform has been one of the few things that both parties have embraced. Now, a new poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly support meaningful medical liability reform.
Philanthropic giving for healthcare in the United States grew a “tepid” 2.9 percent – or about $241 million – to $8.6 billion in 2008, while in Canada similar donations fell by a “dramatic” 12.9 percent to $1.07 billion, according to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.
The Premier healthcare alliance has launched a new program designed to help hospitals and health systems control costs and increase profitability while also improving patient care.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has acquired the Nashville-based Medical Banking Project, moving the Chicago-based healthcare IT professional society more broadly into healthcare finance and administration.
One in five uninsured Americans – 8.5 million people – lives in a rural area and uninsurance rates are higher for rural minority populations, the rural poor and those with less than a high school education, according to a new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services.