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One of the most promising trends in healthcare improvement is an interprofessional education program managed by the American College of Preventive Medicine that introduces Integrative Medicine into conventional medical settings.
In a new U.S. Employment Outlook report published by Simply Hired, authors say that the healthcare industry led among all other employment industries in the number of job openings available in September.
WellPoint reported third-quarter earnings that were about 5 percent lower than last year's period but still ahead of expectations due to lower medical costs and healthy membership, as it continues to make investments for insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
For a sense of substance abuse treatment demand with new national essential health benefits, insurers should note the increase in services in states that enacted parity laws during the last decade.
Trends in health plan design, consumer utilization of healthcare services and the growing economy may indicate higher premiums on the way and potential changes for insurers' profits, according to an analysis by Aon Hewitt.
To lead a sort of tech worker surge and software code purge for Healthcare.gov, the Obama Administration has brought in a turnaround guy, Jeffrey Zients.
Mark Claster, vice chair of the Board of Trustees at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, says that, to drive growth, hospitals need to focus on cost control, value-based medicine and managing populations.
Trends in healthcare premiums, plans and consumer utilization may indicate potential changes for the profits of health plans.
As Medicare tightens payments to hospitals, they are cutting their operating costs in order to adjust to reduced revenues instead of shifting costs to private payers, as has been the common belief, a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) found.
Hospitals are cutting their operating costs in order to adjust to reduced revenues as Medicare tightens payments.