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By Richard Pizzi | 12:43 pm | June 26, 2009
Most U.S. healthcare organizations saw an increase in their health insurance premiums this year, according to information contained in the 2009 Compensation Data Healthcare report.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:26 pm | June 26, 2009
Oman-Gibson Associates, a national healthcare real estate development and project management company, has formed a $40 million investment fund to support the acquisition of new medical office buildings and specialty medical clinical space throughout the country.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:18 pm | June 26, 2009
One in four American adults suffer from pre-diabetes, at a cost of more than $25 billion a year in increased medical services, according to new data from The Lewin Group.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:01 pm | June 26, 2009
More than 3,500 hospice providers from across the country have sent letters urging President Barack Obama to stop cuts to the Medicare hospice benefit beginning on Oct. 1, 2009.
By Diana Manos | 12:05 pm | June 25, 2009
A new study released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund finds a national insurance exchange could reduce national health expenditures by an estimated $1.2 trillion.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:50 am | June 25, 2009
Primary care physicians are in greater demand than any other type of doctor, according to a recent report by national physician search firm Merritt Hawkins & Associates, an AMN Healthcare company.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:35 am | June 25, 2009
More than 60 percent of business leaders surveyed in a Zogby International poll believe the employer-based healthcare system is not sustainable in the long-term.
By Diana Manos | 11:23 am | June 25, 2009
A federal fraud strike force announced Thursday it will bring charges against 53 individuals in the Detroit and Miami area - including doctors, healthcare executives and beneficiaries - for more than $50 million in alleged Medicare false billing.
By Diana Manos | 12:07 pm | June 24, 2009
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele thanked grassroots Republicans in an e-mail Wednesday for helping the RNC raise more than $100,000 to advertise against "government-run healthcare."
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:41 am | June 24, 2009
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a new report, "Hidden Costs of Health Care: Why Americans are Paying More but Getting Less," which documents the rising cost of deductibles, co-payments and out-of-pocket expenses that are making it more difficult for families with insurance to receive healthcare.