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The Leapfrog Group is out with its second round of hospital safety ratings, and what a difference a few months has made.
A new consumer survey of more than 1,200 voters conducted by PwC Health Research Institute (HRI) found that 69 percent want President Obama to make reducing costs his top healthcare priority in his second term.
A new report indicates that while U.S. primary care physicians still trail their counterparts in other countries in their use of electronic medical records (EMRs), they are making progress and are finding more efficiencies through EMR use.
In this week's HIX Digest, the tab for Minnesota's exchange is growing; Oregon takes public comment on proposed rules; and IT vendor Connecture unveils a plan management module for regulators.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has named the first three participants in a program aimed at helping consumers get performance data of physicians and hospitals in their local market.
The hernia repair device market has grown at a steady pace of 4.8 percent per year since 2008, reaching $3.5 billion in 2012, said a recent report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.
Covered California, the state-based health insurance exchange, plans to be financially self-sufficient by 2017 -- a goal all the more pressing in a state with some $617 billion in government debt.
States that expand their Medicaid program eligibility under the health reform law will incur only modestly higher state costs, about 3 percent, compared with significant increases in federal funds, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
As many as 31 million Americans now receive healthcare through an accountable care organization (ACO) according to a recent report "The ACO Suprise" from industry consulting company Oliver Wyman.
As many as 31 million Americans now receive healthcare through an accountable care organization (ACO) according to a recent report from industry consulting company Oliver Wyman.