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Policy and Legislation

By HIMSS TV | 12:58 am | September 06, 2019
Ari Tulla, CEO of Quest Analytics, compares the U.S. and European healthcare systems - and explains why eliminating data silos is key to outcome improvements in each.
By Susan Morse | 05:36 pm | September 04, 2019
Drug overdose deaths dropped by 5% from 2017 to 2018 and deaths from opioids went down 2.8%.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:53 am | August 29, 2019
The new Plan Finder walks users through the Medicare Advantage and Part D enrollment process from start to finish.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:25 am | August 28, 2019
From 1992 to 2008, 36% of post-market studies had not been completed, and many took five years to even begin.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:28 pm | August 27, 2019
Price increases do indeed get passed down to patients, the authors found, and that can negatively impact access.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:54 am | August 27, 2019
The bill would require Kaiser Permanente to provide more data about the revenue and profits of individual hospitals.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:28 pm | August 26, 2019
Many healthcare consumers are lacking even basic knowledge about the existing federal program.
By Susan Morse | 03:11 pm | August 23, 2019
The Centene subsidiary, Aetna and three other MCOs were paid $7.6 billion by Medicaid to cover more than 1.7 million beneficiaries.
By Susan Morse | 12:46 pm | August 23, 2019
Following adoption of the legislation, the number of physicians in provider networks increased by 16%.
By Susan Morse | 06:15 pm | August 22, 2019
Current regulations are so complex that some providers opt not to serve substance use disorder patients.