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According to a recent survey, health savings accounts continue to be adopted widely, with an ever-growing number of accounts and assets.

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that the Obama administration will rescind all or part of three Medicaid regulations that were previously issued and delay the enforcement of a fourth regulation.

In its annual state-by-state quality data, released last Friday, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality continues to give states mixed reviews for the quality of care they provide.

First Lady Michelle Obama announced the release of $851 million in grants to Community Health Centers on Monday.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a series of new reports on the healthcare status quo that highlight what she calls the "urgent need" for health reform across the nation.

A Commonwealth Fund study shows how Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs have found ways to build medical homes to cut costs and improve care.

Wolters Kluwer Health has launched inThought, a market research service that offers pharmaceutical forecasting capabilities to help financial analysts, healthcare suppliers and drug makers understand where developmental drugs, medical devices and therapies are positioned and where they are likely headed in the future.

Worldwide gross medical tourism revenue is projected to grow from $56 billion to $100 billion by 2012, with Asia as a major driver of this growth, according to experts speaking Monday at the Healthcare Travel Exhibition and Congress in Singapore.

In an attempt to solve the long-term nursing shortage in Maryland, the state's healthcare leaders last week announced grants of $15.5 million over five years to 17 Maryland-based schools of nursing.

The MRO Corp. has announced that the Wellspan Health System, with more than 40 locations in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and the Western Maryland Health System will implement the company's Audit Tracker Online.