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Health Plan of Michigan has announced a patient-centered medical home incentive program that encourages providers to become PCMHs by providing financial assistance during the practice certification phase.
As the Connecticut Legislature debates a bill requiring private businesses to provide paid sick days to its workers, the Institute for Women's Policy Research has issued a report saying paid sick days will save the state - and the healthcare system - money.
In just a few days, Vermont's Governor Peter Shumlin will sign into law what the media is calling "single payer health care reform." But is it?
The American Hospital Association says start-up and management costs for an accountable care organization are considerably higher than estimated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in its proposed rule.
The Department of Health and Human Services has made available more than $100 million in funding for up to 75 community transformation grants. HHS officials said the grants, funded by the Affordable Care Act, are aimed at helping communities reduce chronic diseases.
Mitt Romney has outlined his new health plan. He outlined five key steps in an op-ed in USAToday. It looks to me like his health care outline is more intended to make conservative Republicans happy then to really propose ways to reform America’s health care system.
Comparative effectiveness research aimed at determining the efficacy of medical treatments could deprive the country of $4 trillion in economic activity and 81 million years of life, contends a new report from the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest.
Americans' confidence in their ability to access and pay for healthcare dropped to a historic low in April, according to Thomson Reuters.
Even with a historically low annual rate of increase, American families are spending $19,393 on healthcare in 2011, according to the Milliman Medical Index.
A Republican-sponsored bill aimed at overhauling Maine's health insurance regulations is facing strong partisan opposition, with critics contending it will make insurance unaffordable for those living in rural areas.