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As part of The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services effort to dramatically reduce hospital readmissions by 2013, the agency has announced 23 new organizations that will participate in its Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP).
In a panel discussion at the Nashville Health Care Council, one veteran Washington journalist -- along with think-tank analysts and an insurance executive -- predicted that the Supreme Court is likely to uphold all provisions of the Affordable Care Act this spring.
According to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, there are stark differences between communities state and nationwide when it comes to healthcare access, cost and quality.
The projected shortage of primary care physicians in the coming years, along with a relatively high turnover rate among physician assistants and nurse practitioners will challenge medical groups as they look to embark on new collaborative models of healthcare according to a survey by Cejka Search and the American Group Medical Association (AGMA).
Aetna last week announced that it will enter into a collaborative care model with the Connecticut State Medical Society Independent Practice Association (CSMS-IPA) incorporating more than 500 CSMS-IPA physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has decided to continue its participation with a committee that helps to determine how much the government pays doctors despite that committee's rejection of most of AAFP's demands.
The DoD and VA are employing open source in their mammoth joint iEHR to an extent the federal government has not previously attempted –
The owner and operator of a Broward County, Fla.-area halfway house was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company.
Aetna and the Connecticut State Medical Society Independent Practice Association have announced a collaborative care model that will incorporate more than 500 CSMS-IPA physicians.
In 2011, the medical device sector posted a total of 170 deals, according to Deal Search Online, the M&A database from Irving Levin Associates. And according to revealed prices, 2011 had a grand total of $63.5 billion in medical device merger and acquisition transactions. We delved a bit deeper into the five largest medical device M&A deals of 2011, as outlined by Irving Levin Associates.