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By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:55 am | September 24, 2012
A number of regional healthcare trends in California have been identified in new market studies of Sacramento and Riverside/San Bernardino conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) in Washington, D.C., and funded by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF).
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:55 am | September 24, 2012
New market studies of Sacramento and Riverside/San Bernardino conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) in Washington, D.C., and funded by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), show care costs and physician shortage are increasingly challenging provides in the state.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:42 am | September 24, 2012
Editor's note: The following report is published here with permission from the Center for Public Integrity. Electronic medical records, long touted by government officials as a critical tool for cutting health care costs, appear to be prompting some doctors and hospitals to bill higher fees to Medicare for treating seniors.
By Anthony Brino | 10:29 am | September 24, 2012
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder wants to bring Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan under the same laws regulating other insure by forcing it to become a mutual insurance company effectively stripping it of its tax exemptions.
By Tom Sullivan | 10:25 am | September 24, 2012
A trio of recent surveys examines how Americans feel about healthcare and how the issue might impact the presidential election.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:14 am | September 24, 2012
The Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) last week awarded $1.35 million in research grants for 13 novel projects designed to find the cause(s) of and a cure for Parkinson's disease.
By Steff Deschenes | 09:39 am | September 24, 2012
Organizations are beginning to recognize the importance of value-based purchasing. One industry expert offers three strategies for getting started immediately and making the most of this new payment model.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:51 am | September 21, 2012
Officials: Wisconsin will need another $650 million for Medicaid Wisconsin's Department of Health Services submitted a proposal to Gov. Scott Walker for an additional $650 million needed to fund the state's Medicaid program for the next two-year budget cycle.
By Anthony Brino | 04:04 pm | September 20, 2012
With childrens dental coverage set to expand as a result of health reform , the dental industry is trying to get a sense of what the dental insurance market, and the state and federal rules impacting it, might look like in the coming years.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 04:03 pm | September 20, 2012
According to the authors of a new analysis published Wednesday in Health Affairs, there are three overlying lessons for state and federal healthcare policy makers to be learned from Massachusett's healthcare law experiences.