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By Bernie Monegain | 03:12 pm | August 29, 2016
Intermountain Healthcare study conducted at 27 team-based medical practices and 75 traditional practices revealed that delivering integrated mental and physical healthcare in team-based primary care settings yields better results for patients and also reduces the rates healthcare utilization and lowers cost.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:38 pm | August 29, 2016
With scores of political offices in contention during this year's election, healthcare remains a complex and hotly debated issue -- prompting the Council of Accountable Physician Practices to issue a primer for candidates, detailing what the group has identified as the three most important health policy considerations.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:59 am | August 29, 2016
Middle-class people in Medicaid expansion states fared better with insurance premium costs than those in non-expansion states. That's the word from a new study by the Department of Health and Human Services.
By Susan Morse | 10:38 am | August 29, 2016
To be successful in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, a provider has to participate in value-based care across the health system. That's according to the CMO of one that earned the third largest total savings in its third year in the program.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:49 am | August 29, 2016
Massive project is the culmination of a long-running effort at Case to train different types of health professionals how to work together.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:35 pm | August 26, 2016
Latest round of negotiations between nurses and Allina Health ended on Tuesday with no agreement. The strike is set to start on Labor Day.
By Susan Morse | 01:33 pm | August 26, 2016
Humana is leaving the Obamacare marketplace in Utah, the state's Department of Insurance confirmed Friday.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:15 pm | August 26, 2016
Despite dip in statewide margin, 80 percent of the state's 65 hospitals are ending the year with a net profit, a new report shows.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:45 am | August 26, 2016
Embattled blood testing company Theranos has filed a notice of intent to appeal the sanctions that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has imposed on their Newark, California lab.
By Jessica Davis | 11:30 am | August 26, 2016
The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program aims to combat drug abuse in the state.