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By Susan Morse | 12:13 pm | January 21, 2016
Open enrollment for week 11 ended with close to 400,000 consumers signing up for healthcare coverage, a number four times greater than the week before, according to figures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:00 pm | January 21, 2016
The New York Genome Center, a nonprofit focusing on biomedical research and clinical care, could be $100 million richer thanks to a challenge grant from the Simons Foundation and The Carson Family Charitable Trust.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:41 am | January 21, 2016
When patients need an air ambulance, the first priority is getting them the care they need as fast as possible. So, patients don't always know who is going to pick them up or if the ambulance is an in-network provider.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:22 am | January 20, 2016
Hospitals are acting on the notion that keeping violent injury from recurring will ultimately reduce their expenses and improve people's long-term health.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 05:17 pm | January 19, 2016
431 hospitals have been recognized by the Women's Choice Award company as the Best In Obstetrics for 2016, the company announced Tuesday in a statement.
By Jessica Davis | 12:02 pm | January 19, 2016
Minnesota Community Healthcare Network, made up of an alliance between Canvas Health, Guild Incorporated, Mental Health Resource, RESOURCE, INC. and Touchstone Mental Health, announced today it has joined with RelayHealth to establish interoperability amongst its campuses.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:03 am | January 19, 2016
As the third open enrollment period winds down on the health insurance marketplaces, one thing hasn't changed much since the online exchanges opened: It's still often hard to find out whether a plan covers abortion services.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 05:21 pm | January 18, 2016
A bill sits on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's desk that would set a new precedent for the state: having nonprofit hospitals paying tax-like "community service contributions" to the towns and cities that host them to help cover the costs of the municipal services they provide, like police and fire department assistance.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:33 am | January 18, 2016
In 2015, numbers topped out at 30,973 total transplants, representing a 4.9 percent increase over 2014.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:42 am | January 18, 2016
The rate of Hispanic children without health insurance fell to a historic low in 2014, the first year that key parts of Obamacare took effect, but they still represent a disproportionate share of the nation's uninsured youth, according to a new study.