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A recent report released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave insight into the variation of healthcare spending by state, with New England and the Mideast regions spending the most. Here are eight more healthcare spending trends identified in the report.
Canadians with chronic conditions face more barriers to the care they need according to survey results released recently by the Commonwealth Fund.
If the Internal Revenue Service's audits prove founded, medical device maker, Boston Scientific, owes more than $1 billion in back taxes.
The December Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released last week by Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending reports slowing growth for healthcare price, spending and employment in October 2011.
Diversified Service Options (DSO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc. and the holding company for First Coast Service Options (FCSO), has reached an agreement to acquire Highmark Medicare Services (HMS), a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc.
At the close of the third annual mHealth Summit, held Dec. 5-7 in Washington, D.C., keynote speakers highlighted the vast impact mobile phones and other mobile devices are having -- and will continue to have -- on healthcare delivery in the United States and worldwide.
Recent successes in creating payer-provider partnerships show some of the steps payers and providers can take in order to create effective collaborations.
Healthcare employment rose by 17,000 in November 2011, according to a report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in early December.
On Wednesday, corporate powerhouses GE and Microsoft announced they will launch a 50-50 joint venture in early 2012 that leverages the platform experience of Microsoft and GE's core healthcare competencies in clinical applications, with the goal of providing real time data to improve patient experience and clinical outcomes.
As the country faces a shortage of doctors in the coming decades as the demand for them increases, one Midwestern state has put a number on just how many extra doctors per year it will need to avoid a crisis: 100.