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Seniors in Medicare Advantage spent fewer days in a hospital and had fewer hospital re-admissions, according to an analysis by America's Health Insurance Plans.
Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose to $13,375 for family coverage this year.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a bundled prospective payment system for facilities that provide dialysis services to Medicare beneficiaries who have end-stage renal disease.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index found that Americans' confidence in their health insurance coverage and access to healthcare dropped slightly in August.
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that 63 percent of physicians surveyed support a health reform proposal that includes both a public option and traditional private insurance.
Athenahealth, Inc., a provider of Internet-based business services to physician practices, has launched a program guaranteeing that physicians who use its EHR service will receive a HITECH Act bonus payment under the 2011 program year.
The National Community Pharmacists Association has asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to suspend the Medicare Part B durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies accreditation requirement scheduled for Oct. 1.
Catholic Health Initiatives, a 20-hospital national nonprofit healthcare organization, is using Intelligent Optical Character Recognition technology to convert paper-based medical bills and payments into electronic accounting records.
The Social Security Advisory Board has released a report calling on policymakers to find lasting solutions to the long-term problem of escalating healthcare costs.
The Indian Health Service has awarded a $90.5 million contract for construction of the Norton Sound Regional Hospital in Nome, Alaska.