Community Benefit
Earlier this week, the AARP released a report that found the unpaid contributions of family caregivers in the United States in 2009 was approximately $450 billion.
Nearly 70 percent of 341 primary care and multispecialty practices nationwide surveyed by the Medical Group Management Association are already transforming their practices or are interested in becoming a patient-centered medical home.
Highmark, Pennsylvania's largest health insurer, filed a lawsuit last week against hospital and provider network UPMC alleging it has violated federal false advertising laws in its "Keep Your Doctor" advertising campaign.
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office are developing a demonstration project to address the costly problem of frequent preventable inpatient hospitalizations of nursing facility patients.
Almost 300 school-based health center programs have been awarded a total of $95 million, announced HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan last week.
Findings from a Harvard University study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine examining one-year results for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' global payment initiative shows the program is lowering medical spending while improving quality of care.
The specter of copayments is one of the biggest issues facing the home healthcare industry today, said a panel Thursday.
Millions of Americans are not receiving needed dental care services because of "persistent and systemic" barriers that limit their access to oral healthcare, says a new report by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council.
Nine emergency department health providers have created a consensus statement that lays out metrics to help reduce ED crowding.
The non-profit charged with running Tennessee's telehealth program is shutting down amid charges that two ex-officials skimmed or misused more than $1 million in grant funding.