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The Maryland Health Care Commission has launched an online portal intended to help small businesses comparison-shop for health insurance plans for their employees.
– In a pairing that matches the state’s largest healthcare provider and largest insurer, Providence Health & Services and Premera Blue Cross announced last month an alliance to launch multiple patient-centered medical homes in Providence clinics throughout Washington state.
Healthcare salaries are increasing - at least for many of the most in-demand positions in the industry.
The healthcare sector added more than 37,000 jobs in April and has added 295,000 jobs since April 2010, according to employment data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Two suburban Chicago healthcare providers are developing what they call a “ground-breaking” joint venture to improve quality care in the region.
As part of its “From Courtship to Marriage” series looking at how hospitals and physicians can work together, PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that while most doctors want more involvement in the governance of hospitals, hospital administrators worry that doctors don’t have the leadership training needed to fill those roles.
A recent survey of employers shows more than half would like to improve their employees' health habits as a means of reining in the rising cost of providing health benefits.
Physician employment by health systems is surging. According to a 2009 poll by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 65% of physicians who changed jobs in 2009 moved into a hospital employment model.
Since 2008, primary and specialty-care physicians have either seen their first-year guaranteed compensation increase or stay the same, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Physician Placement Starting Salary Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data."
Based on its model of managing chronic illness and proactive health management, Healthstat has been selected by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield to manage an on-site health clinic for employees and dependents covered under its health benefit plan.