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TriZetto Chief Medical Officer Jeff Rideout recently spoke with Healthcare Payer News Editor Chris Anderson about how data will play a part in redesigning the healthcare landscape and the readiness of both payers and providers to collaborate on these changes.
U.S. healthcare prices increased in November 2011, rising 0.4 percent over October prices, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
President Barack Obama yesterday gave home healthcare workers a boost of confidence when he announced his administration is proposing minimum wage and overtime protections for the country's nearly 2 million home care workers.
The Department of Health and Human Services has the power to publicize and review insurance premium rate hikes over 10 percent. In the past few months, many insurance companies have come under fire for excessive rate hikes. Healthcare Finance News asked its readers their opinion on HHS' rate review process.
The use of mobile applications to help manage members' health and wellness are gaining traction with payers, as they look to connect to their members via mobile technology many already use everyday.
Two months past deadline, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a proposed rule offering guidelines for how drug and device makers will report their contracts with physicians.
The proportion of Americans reporting problems affording prescription drugs remained level between 2007 and 2010, with more than one in eight going without a prescribed drug in 2010, according to a national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change. Despite the flat numbers, the news isn't necessarily good.
Axial Exchange, which develops interoperability technologies based on an open-infrastructure platform, has won the "Ensuring Safe Transitions from Hospital to Home" initiative, sponsored by Health 2.0 and the Department of Health and
The National Center for Health Statistics released new data yesterday showing 2.5 million more adults 26 and under had health insurance than would have without passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Fujifilm Holdings Corporation announced Wednesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ultrasound technology firm SonoSite, Inc. for approximately $995 million.