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Despite efforts by some religious organizations to be exempt from its provisions, the Obama Administration announced Friday that employers must offer health benefits that provide coverage for contraceptive services without charging a co-pay, co-insurance or a deductible.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has released for public comment a first draft of its national priorities for research and research agenda. The research requires the use of electronic health records, much in the way accountable care organizations use health data to improve care. The outcomes are conveyed to physicians electronically.
Duke LifePoint Healthcare and Virginia-based Twin County Regional Healthcare (TCRH) have entered into a definitive agreement that will pump millions into TCRH and its community.
Workforce management firm Kronos Incorporated announced Friday that it has acquired the assets of OptiLink from The Advisory Board Company in a cash transaction.
Telehealth services offer substantial opportunities for healthcare cost savings, as well as a proven effectiveness with improving patient care, particularly in rural areas. However, to get the most bang for the buck, there is still much work that needs to be done. Fred Pennic offers five key thoughts on telehealth's expansion.
Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund and a nationally recognized economist, has a bone to pick with the federal government's recent report on U.S. healthcare spending.
South Carolina has received kudos for improving its methods to expand and retain eligible children in Medicaid by using information from other safety-net programs, such as food stamps, for enrollment.
A new study from healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners finds that many healthcare executives recognize the benefits of participating in a health information exchange, but lack an HIE budget.
The Ohio Department of Public Health and the year-old Governor's Office of Health Transformation (OHT) announced Wednesday that the state will invest $1 million to help primary care practices transition to a patient-centered medical home model.
Growth in U.S. health spending remained slow in 2010 and the health share of the gross domestic product was unchanged from 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reported. But a nationally recognized economist is saying the federal agency is overlooking the bigger picture.