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Express Scripts’ planned purchase of the pharmacy benefits management businesses of health insurer WellPoint may reinforce the notion that “bigger is better” when it comes to negotiating prescription drug prices.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have cut the national average fee-for-service growth rate for 2010 Medicare Advantage plans.

Healthcare reform efforts must rein in “runaway costs” to have an abiding impact on the U.S. economy, yet there is resistance to such reform because industry players make so much money from the current system.

HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that while retail quick-care clinics are growing in popularity across the country, they haven't taken off in the Dayton, Ohio, market at the same rate.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule to update payment rates and clarify the framework for Medicare patient selection and care in inpatient rehabilitation facilities during fiscal year 2010.

The House and Senate approved a fiscal year 2010 budget on Wednesday that lays the groundwork for passage of a health reform package.

Researchers studying the effectiveness of a new Medicaid program in West Virginia have concluded that the program reduces Medicaid services for at least 90 percent of the population that receives them.

Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) told reporters Tuesday he is optimistic Democrats will work with Republicans on a health reform package.

New biological techniques might be able to speed recovery and shorten hospital stays for patients undergoing the 100,000-plus surgical procedures performed each day in the United States, says a new report.

Two hours after the Senate voted 65-31 to confirm her as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday, Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in. The brief ceremony occurred in the Oval Office at 8:02 p.m.