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By now, most medical professionals know the hard truth about healthcare delivery in this country: both cost and quality can vary greatly for the same medical procedure from region to region and often times from hospital to hospital in the same market.
Since the Affordable Care Act was created, critics have argued that the healthcare law fails to contain healthcare costs. A new brief from the Urban Institute presents evidence illustrating the ACA's cost containment measures, but leaves room for the debate to continue.
In a change of course that left a city and its healthcare community stunned, West Penn Allegheny Health System in late September announced it would look for a new buyer for the financially strapped health system saying insurer Highmark had breached its 2011 agreement to acquire it for $475 million.
During the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) annual conference in Bethesda, Md. in September, the agency announced its preliminary findings of its nationwide patient safety project to reduce the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs).
As it looks to both reduce out-of-pockets costs for employees, while also lowering its total healthcare costs, global retailer Walmart announced last month a new program that will pay 100 percent of the costs for certain spine and cardiac surgeries plus travel expenses at six selected healthcare systems across the country.
Massachusetts has tentatively selected six organizations to participate in a three-year, capitated payment model demonstration for dual eligible patients.
The global market for the genetic testing that precedes in vitro fertilization is estimated to be worth $31.9 million in 2011 and is expected to reach $47.4 million in 2018, increasing at a compound annual growth rate of 6.2 percent from 2013 to 2018, said a recent report from Transparency Market Research.
Humana Inc.'s third quarter earnings call was filled with more than just financial results Monday, as it also announced the acquisition of three companies as the company looks to continue building its clinical delivery infrastructure.