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By Richard Pizzi | 12:59 pm | April 21, 2009
Most Americans don't support an "individual mandate" for health insurance, although they do support a "shared-responsibility" plan that combines an individual mandate with expanded roles for employers, government and insurers.
By Diana Manos | 12:22 pm | April 21, 2009
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was confirmed Tuesday morning by the Senate Finance Committee to join President Barack Obama's cabinet as the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:59 am | April 21, 2009
Park Nicollet Health Services, an integrated care system in the Minneapolis area, is cutting 233 jobs, the second big round of layoffs in less than five months.
By Richard Pizzi | 06:48 am | April 21, 2009
In an announcement becoming all too familiar in Pennsylvania, the Reading Hospital health system plans to reduce its total workforce of 6,400 by 250 positions, or 3.9 percent.
By Eric Wicklund | 04:17 pm | April 17, 2009
Health Cost Solutions hasn't heard the telephone ring often since switching to a hosted claims editing service.
By Richard Pizzi | 02:32 pm | April 17, 2009
Proposed cuts in Medicaid spending at Florida hospitals would hurt struggling local economies, costing thousands of high-wage jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in related economic activity annually, according to a study released last week by the Florida Hospital Association.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:09 pm | April 17, 2009
Grady Health System will use a $20 million grant from the Marcus Foundation to improve emergency care to trauma and acute neurological injury victims throughout Georgia.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:02 pm | April 17, 2009
A new study from market research firm Washington G-2 Reports indicates the clinical diagnostic lab testing market will reach $98.4 billion in revenue by 2017.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:45 am | April 17, 2009
Overall hospital prices increased 0.1 percent in March and were 2.1 percent higher than a year ago, according to a federal Bureau of Labor Statistics report this week.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:40 am | April 17, 2009
ActiveHealth Management of New York has rolled out a new solution that combines its disease management (DM) program with a value-based insurance design (VBID) incentive.