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athenahealth recently announced plans to purchase a 29-acre campus from Harvard University for $168.5 million. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2013.

Oregon was an early health insurance exchange innovator, receiving federal funding to design the website and IT system before the exchange -- now called Cover Oregon -- was even established by the legislature. 

Jeffrey Brenner, MD, is on a mission to improve the quality and cost of healthcare delivery in his community. He is particularly focused on "super-utilizers," the segment of the population that uses a disproportionately high amount of hospital and ER services. Brenner spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News Editor Rene Letourneau about his research and his views on the nation's failing healthcare systems.

Saying the federal government hasn't done enough to provide concrete parameters for establishing health insurance exchange, Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed state legislation that would have created a state-run HIX in New Jersey.

Saying the federal government hasn't done enough to provide concrete parameters for establishing health insurance exchange, Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed state legislation that would have created a state-run HIX in New Jersey.

The healthcare industry added 20,000 jobs to the nation's economy in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The biggest gain was in the hospital sector, which added 8,300 jobs.

With healthcare costs and chronic disease rates continually rising each year, it will only become more difficult for both employees and employers (who must pay to insure their employees) to keep up financially, which is why successful employee wellness programs are becoming an increasingly important asset in the workplace.

An organization that has a leader focused on striving for excellence is capable of obtaining any goal, said Paul O’Neill, former U.S. Secretary of Treasury and former CEO of ALCOA, to an audience Thursday at a Maine Health Management Coalition conference in Portland, Maine.

As the healthcare industry works to attain the so-called Triple Aim of affordability, access and quality, doctors will be key said Christine Cassel, MD, Thursday during a leadership conference in Maine.

Only a fraction of Californians with consumer-directed health plans knew their policies included free or low-cost preventive visits and tests, according to a survey by Kaiser Permanente researchers. The survey also found many consumer-directed plan holders largely misinterpreted certain arrangements of their deductibles.