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Chris Jackson, press secretary for Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), said the temporary delay will allow Congress to work on a bipartisan bill with enough support to pass before the new deadline. Congress wi...
In an effort to continue support for military personnel, families and retirees, the TriWest Healthcare Alliance has submitted its bid to continue the Department of Defense's healthcare program, TRICAR...
Kronos, Inc. has announced that Norton Healthcare of Louisville, Ky. is using the company’s labor productivity and workforce analytics tool to publicly report nurse staffing ratios to illustrate...
The nation's largest active-duty domestic armed forces facility at Fort Hood, Texas, has completed installation of a radio frequency identification system to track and manage the more than 150,000 med...
A new study finds that Americans' access to medical care has deteriorated between 2003 and 2007. In 2007 one in five people reported not getting or delaying needed medical care in the previous 12 mont...
Private health plans such as Humana Inc. Aetna and UnitedHealth Group Inc. participating in Medicare Advantage (MA), an alternative to the traditional fee-for-service program made billions more in pro...
The Senate failed Thursday night to pass a veto-proof vote on a bill that would block a 10.6 percent payment cut for physicians participating in Medicare. The cut is slated to begin July 1.Ea...
As politicians work to reform the U.S. healthcare system, healthcare itself should be viewed as a "national resource," not simply as a business or a commodity, said a keynote speaker Wednesd...
A new report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) Health Research Institute finds that two-thirds of health leaders, including government and private payers from 20 different countries, see prob...
Employers' use of incentives to promote health and wellness programs rose from 62 percent to 71 percent between 2007 and 2008, according to a report released today. The new data reveals what programs...