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The National Governors Association (NGA) has unveiled a new website, State Health Policy Options, designed to provide a "one-stop shop" for health policy information.
Three out of 10 patients who receive a kidney transplant require readmission to the hospital within 30 days of discharge after the initial surgery, finds a new analysis of national data, but better outpatient monitoring may prevent such readmissions.
Showing it is forging ahead to build a healthcare network that will eventually not include UPMC, Highmark earlier this week committed $65 million to acquire Erie, Penn.-based St. Vincent's Health System.
The American Medical Association and the Medical Association of Georgia have joined the state Insurance Commissioner in defending new prompt payment rules for self-funded employer health plans and their third party administrators, amid efforts by America's Health Insurance Plans to prevent the rules from taking effect.
Containing healthcare costs and improving the quality of care are among the state's top priorities said Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick at the Massachusetts Medical Society's State of the State's Health Care 13th Annual Leadership Forum in Waltham, Mass. on Oct. 18.
Our complex healthcare system is often challenging for those who work in it. For those who don't -- patients -- a new brand of companies is rising up to help. Patient navigation companies may be patient-centric but they will impact the way the traditional healthcare system does business.
SoloHealth, a consumer-driven healthcare technology company, is developing what it claims to be the nation's largest digital ad platform for retail pharmacy. The technology is already being placed in Walmart and Sam's Club stores across the country.
Missouri-based Centene said Wednesday it is initiating the termination of one of its subsidiary's Medicaid managed care contract in Kentucky.
According to a PwC Saratoga report on human capital effectiveness in the United States, organizations across a variety of industries, including the hospitals sector, continued to control costs and manage an evolving workforce in 2011. Organizations also experienced increases in turnover and continue to struggle with quality of hire and high performer retention.
Exceeding some Wall Street expectations, Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group reported third quarter earnings of $1.50 a share and projected 2012 net earnings of $5.20 to $5.55 a share, up from July projections of around $5.