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The American Medical Association (AMA) last week released two new trend reports in its Policy Research Perspective series illustrating the high price doctors pay to protect themselves against malpractice suits.
Healthcare real estate will continue to be a strong investment category in 2012 concludes an analysis by Jones Lang LaSalle, a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate.
Aided by a $9.6 million grant from the Robina Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital plans to launch a new approach to end-of-life care for patients with Alzheimer's disease, stage III and stage IV cancer and heart failure.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has pledged its support for the Office of the National Coordinator's (ONC) campaign to promote consumer awareness of health information technology.
A vote to extend the payroll tax cut and avert a 27.4 percent Medicare pay cut for physicians was approved today.
More than one in five Americans were in families with problems paying medical bills in 2010, about the same proportion as in 2007, according to a national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
Recently, the Care Continuum Alliance, an advocate for population health management, surveyed industry leaders to assess the market and predict trends for the coming year. Here are eight key issues facing population health management in 2012, according to the report.
Thomson Reuters today announced that it has suspended the divestiture process for its healthcare business. The company had revealed plans to sell the division in June.
Cigna and independent physicians organization Partners in Care, which operates in New Jersey, recently launched an accountable care organization that will treat more than 14,000 Cigna members at roughly 160 participating PIC practices.
A Kaiser Permanente program for women at risk of substance abuse during their pregnancy could save $2 billion each year if applied on a national basis, according to a new study published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.