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Ten months after the Affordable Care Act became a law and almost three months after a mid-term election produced a historic number of new Republican lawmakers, state health insurance commissioners find themselves in a precarious position.
HealthGrades has identified the top 50 cities in the nation for hospital care, with West Palm Beach, Fla., coming in at the top of the list.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a merger of the two health plans.
The American Medical Association and 100 medical and physician organizations say the bi-partisan HEALTH Act, submitted to Congress earlier this week, could be exactly what the doctor ordered for solving medical liability issues.
Physician re-entry programs should be easier and better coordinated nationwide, according to the American Medical Association.
Sentara Healthcare of Norfolk, Va., has been named the top integrated healthcare network in the country, according to the SDI 2011 Top 100 IHNs. This is the 14th year that SDI has ranked healthcare networks on their performance and degree of integration.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that 3 million Medicare beneficiaries have saved money on prescription medications as a result of the Affordable Care Act, via $250 rebate checks mailed to beneficiaries in the so-called "doughnut hole" coverage gap.
States can apply for a second round of grant funding to help implement health insurance exchanges mandated under the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Thursday.
A survey of almost 3,000 physicians indicates 65 percent are worried that healthcare reform would result in less pay for them and lower the quality of care for their patients.
Community Physicians for Indiana and the Deaconess Clinic have joined the Integrated Research Network operated by HealthCore, the first two health systems in the state to participate in the nationwide collaborative aimed at providing data to improve treatment costs and outcomes.