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By Kaiser Health News | 02:49 pm | July 13, 2012
In what is shaping up as the first state-federal showdown on Medicaid following the Supreme Court's ruling on President Barack Obama's health law, Maine is moving ahead with plans to cut about 38,000 people from its rolls to balance its state budget.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:10 pm | July 13, 2012
HealthEdge, a software provider that helps healthcare payers by focusing on claim processing benefit administration, business intelligence and portals, released the results of its latest State of the Payor survey:
By Rene Letourneau | 12:12 pm | July 13, 2012
Overall, U.S. healthcare prices were steady in June, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By Chris Anderson | 11:36 am | July 13, 2012
CareOne, an operator of 29 senior centers in New Jersey, announced earlier this week a collaboration with Walgreens on a program that will provide day-of-discharge medications to patients before they leave CareOne facilities and return home.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:11 am | July 13, 2012
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced on July 12 guidance for reporting laboratory results using Direct Project specifications.
By Steff Deschenes | 02:06 pm | July 12, 2012
Telemedicine and mHealth have the potential to help the healthcare system meet the Institute of Healthcare Improvement's triple aim to simultaneously increase the quality of care, improve the health of populations and reduce the per capita cost of care.
By Rene Letourneau | 01:54 pm | July 12, 2012
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the health reform law will spur more consolidation in the healthcare industry, according to a recent survey by healthcare public affairs firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock.
By Eric Wicklund | 01:34 pm | July 12, 2012
Guidelines on how certain mobile medical apps will be governed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may be released as soon as the end of the year.
By Chris Thorman | 11:53 am | July 12, 2012
In recognition of the complex medical decisions faced by patients with advanced, chronic illnesses, behavioral counseling company Vital Decision and care management specialist inVentiv Medical Management (iMM) have launched a combined service for payers, providers and seriously ill patients.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:23 am | July 12, 2012
The home care industry has enormous potential for business people. One segment of the business world has already figured this out: franchise business owners.