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Only 32.4 percent of the public supports President Barack Obama's healthcare reform proposal, according to a survey commissioned by global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale.
The White House has made $25 million available in grants for states, localities and health systems to test new medical liability reform models.
Northwest Hospital and Medical Center, a 281-bed acute care hospital, has agreed to an expanded its affiliation with the University of Washington School of Medicine health system.
Three out of every four insurance claims from healthcare providers are being submitted electronically to AmeriHealth New Jersey – an increase of 50 percent over the past three years, according to the New Jersey-based insurer.
Healthcare providers are generally satisfied with the services performed by the contractors that process and pay the more than $300 billion in Medicare claims each year, according to the latest annual survey by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Employers say they won't absorb additional costs that result from reform and plan to take actions to avoid doing so, including reducing benefits, raising prices for customers and/or reducing their head count, according to a survey conducted by Towers Perrin.
Just two weeks after announcing the launch of its own electronic medical records platform, computer giant Dell has acquired IT solutions provider – and fellow Texas company – Perot Systems in a deal worth almost $4 billion.
Many patients go without their prescribed medicine due to the slow or ineffective service of mail order pharmacies, according to a survey conducted by the National Community Pharmacists Association.
The Department of Health and Human Services has granted $650 million to an initiative that is working toward “creating ways for healthful lifestyle habits to be the natural first choice for Americans.”
A report by healthcare group purchasing organization Novation says healthcare prices will likely rise in late 2009 or early 2010 as the global economy recovers from the recession.