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WASHINGTON – Families USA’s report, “Dying for Coverage,” highlighted how inadequate healthcare condemns people to an early death and a lack of healthcare is a matter of life a...
COLUMBIA, SC – Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina has become the first major U.S. health insurer to offer its members access to Joint Commission International-accredited medical facilities...
LOUISVILLE, KY – They had the name, and the technology came in increments. All they needed was the motivation.Last month, officials at SHPS, the Louisville, Ky.-based provider of health...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking steps to make sure states are using the State Children's Health Insurance Program for the purpose of providing health insurance for low-incom...
NEWPORT BEACH, CA – London-based equity firm Apax Partners has agreed to buy the TriZetto Group, Inc. for $1.4 billion and plans to take it private.Under the terms of the agreement, Apa...
Blues: new incentives ‘crucial’ to healthcareThe Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association says any plans for healthcare reform should include incentives to provide quality care....
WHAT DO TOYOTA, hospitals and the Department of Health and Human Services have in common? Evidently a lot, for those looking at quality improvement and cost containment. HHS Secretary Mike Le...
Rule could open homecare to Medicare beneficiariesMany Medicare beneficiaries will be able to receive care in their homes rather than an institutional setting, thanks to a proposed rule re...
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers came one step closer in April to blocking an estimated $20 billion in Medicaid cuts proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services.By a unanimous vote, t...
LEBANON, NH – According to a report by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Medicare pays many hospitals and their physicians more than the most efficient and effecti...