Community Benefit
Health insurance has long been a state affair in the USA. Insurance companies were even exempt from many aspects of federal anti-trust law to better enable state regulators to oversee their activities.
After reviewing more than 100 design concepts from architects, design firms, students, healthcare companies and engineering and construction firms, Kaiser Permanente has selected nine finalists in its "Small Hospital, Big Idea" competition.
HealthGrades has identified what it calls three major flaws in a recent study published in the Archives of Surgery that says the so-called '50 best hospital' list "falls short."
A study released earlier this month in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that medical professionals are concerned about bias from commercial funding of continuing medical education – but they aren't willing to pay more money for CME if commercial funding is curtailed or eliminated.
Too many admissions at a hospital at one time can put patients at risk, but a new study suggests that "controlled entry" of patients can reduce variations in occupancy rates and boost patient safety.
Medco Health Solutions and Verizon Wireless have created a pharmacy app that allows users to access their drug history and look for lower-cost alternatives to prescription drugs.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) gave Republicans a great big target to shoot at, and they’ve worked up so much energy attacking so-called ObamaCare that they’ve dug themselves into a great big hole on health care. It may well be enough to keep them from control of the White House and maybe the Hill, too if things keep going the way they’re going.
Federal officials have announced three new accountable care organization initiatives that they say could save Medicare $430 million over the next three years.
Employers can expect to see an 8.5 percent increase in healthcare costs in 2012, a slight increase from the 8 percent increase expected this year, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.
Chicago-area and Wisconsin residents are protesting Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wisc.) plan to cut Medicare and Medicaid benefits.