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In late March, Humana, one of the largest providers of Medicare Advantage plans and Medicaid company CareSource, announced a strategic alliance intended to help both companies more effectively manage members that qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid – the “dual-eligible” population.

The number of baby boomers hitting age 65 increases daily. Within that larger demographic is a submarket those in the seniors housing industry are eyeing with interest: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender seniors.

Earlier this year, a national study of physicians found that doctors believe their patients’ unmet social needs lead directly to worse health and that they wished the healthcare system would pay to connect patients with the services they need.

Hospitals focus on employee wellness

Next time you go to an emergency room, be prepared for this: If your problem isn't urgent, you may have to pay upfront.

Charitable pledges to nonprofit healthcare organizations in both the U.S. and Canada slowed in 2010. With these dwindling pledges many healthcare systems are finding it difficult to generate the philanthropic funding necessary to meet their long-term, construction, equipment and patient needs.

Mobile health, or mHealth, is poised to explode over the next decade, says Chad Udell, managing director of Float Mobile Learning, a mobile learning consulting, strategy and research firm based in Morton, Illinois.

With payment reform looming, academic medical centers (AMCs) nationwide are likely going to have to figure out how to deliver the same high-quality care in a more efficient way in order to reduce costs, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCooper’s Health Research Institute.

Since the start of the year, a number of bills or amendments to bills targeting men's reproductive health have been submitted to state legislatures by mostly female Democratic state legislators.

Teri Fontenot President and CEO Woman’s Hospital, Baton Rouge, La.