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In pursuit of integrated care delivery and more integrated business, two Atlanta health systems are forming the Georgia Health Collaborative and launching joint health plans.
The St. Louis-based insurer Centene said it's buying a comprehensive speciality drug company called AcariaHealth for $152 million, as part of its plan for treatment of complex illnesses.
Many doctors may feel they are covered by the disability insurance they purchase, but that might not be the case and they may find themselves in a world of hurt. Some insurance industry experts are warning doctors to pay attention to the definition of disability in their policies.
Many IT managers focus mainly on external data security, but this is not the only area where attention is needed. Protecting systems from internal vulnerabilities is also critical to minimizing security risks and the costly penalties that often result from them.
UnitedHealth Group is pushing a theme of behavior change and incentives to improve America's troubled healthcare system -- and, more importantly, the American patient. It's a battle that Reed Tuckson, MD, UnitedHealth's executive vice president and chief of medical affairs, says won't be easy.
California's top insurance regulator is backing a state ballot initiative asking voters to give his office the power to approve health insurance rate increases.
Mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare IT sector grew in 2012, with a significant portion of smaller, tactical deals yielding big return on investment, according to a report released Jan. 11 by mid-market investment firm Berkery Noyes.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission intensified its call to repeal the SGR (sustainable growth rate) formula despite the legislative fix at year-end to avert the fiscal cliff and override the planned 26.5 percent cut to provider payments.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission intensified its call to repeal the SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate) formula despite the legislative fix at year-end to avert the fiscal cliff and override the planned 26.5 percent cut to provider payments.
On Jan. 1 2013, 106 new accountable care organizations began participating in the Medicare shared savings program, as federal health officials try to show that new health reform programs powered in part by better IT are starting to reap financial benefits.