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The latest health information exchange to take root along the Eastern seaboard is hoping to use state funds - obtained through hospital reimbursements - to qualify for federal stimulus funding and improve clinical outcomes throughout Maryland.

In 2003, the state of Maine enacted one of the most significant healthcare reform plans of any state. A new report examines Maine's experience and how it can inform the national debate.

Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, is fighting back against what she called a Democrat-sponsored attack on her industry.

For the first time, Consumer Reports will provide patient satisfaction ratings for more than 3,400 hospitals across the United States.

Digital games are one of the latest tools being used to improve health outcomes, says one expert.

Consumer Health Technologies, Inc., is adding more resources to its BenefitSpan platform to help payers, banks and third party administrators improve the quality of life of the nation’s workforce.

The third and final House panel approved a comprehensive healthcare reform package last Friday, bringing President Barack Obama's goal of health reform in 2009 one step closer to reality.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced late last week that acute care hospitals will receive an inflation update in their payment rates of 2.1 percent in fiscal year 2010.

According to a new report, funding for HIV prevention has been flat in recent years, although new cases have grown to 60,000 each year.

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $163 billion for fiscal year 2010 for labor, health and education.