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Even as many states gear up for tougher insurance regulations under the federal health law, Maine lawmakers last year bucked the trend, loosening rules they blamed for some of the highest premiums in the nation.
The Marquette General Health System (MGHS) board of trustees and Duke LifePoint Healthcare announced Tuesday that they have finalized the transaction for Marquette General to be acquired by Duke LifePoint.
Young people pay less for health coverage, older people pay more, under Maine's 'market-based' appr…
Even as many states gear up for tougher insurance regulations under the federal health law, Maine lawmakers last year bucked the trend, loosening rules they blamed for some of the highest premiums in the nation.
As care models spring up across the country to test whether patient-centered, accountable care can save money and improve health outcomes, a payer-provider collaboration in Portland, Maine is demonstrating that at least theirs holds promise.
Global medical device company St. Jude Medical, Inc. announced last week that the realignment of its product divisions will result in the loss of 300 jobs.
Tufts Medical Center, the Tufts-owned New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA) physicians network and Vanguard Health Systems announced last week it received an $88.5 million loan from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to fund the Minuteman Health Initiative, a member-owned health plan serving Massachusetts.
According to the latest RACTrac survey by the American Hospital Association (AHA), Medicare recovery auditors (RAC)-related denials in the second quarter of 2012 soared upwards by 24 percent from the first quarter of 2012.
Margaret Clapp, RPh, chief of pharmacy at Boston-based Partners HealthCare spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News Editor Rene Letourneau about the biggest challenges currently facing the pharmacy.
HealthPartners and Park Nicollet Health Care announced that their boards of directors have signed an agreement to combine the two non-profits to create a comprehensive integrated health system and associated health plan to serve the Twin Cities region and parts of western Wisconsin.
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has announced that it has been named an authorized certification body (ONC-ACB) by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to certify electronic health records for the federal Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology.