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Health insurer Humana Inc. announced today that it has acquired Anvita Health, an analytics company that uses a broad range of data to help provide clinical insights and improve the delivery of healthcare.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule Monday for the release and use of Medicare claims data to qualified entities to measure the performance of Medicare providers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A contract that enticed a 150-member doctor group affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to Steward Health Care System continues to cause concern in Massachusetts.
Experts weigh in on the debate caused by the AMA's opposition to ICD-10 implementation and the online conversation it sparked.
Having a hard time finding physicians who are the right fit for your organization? You're not alone. A recent article posted by the MGMA e-Source recognized the looming physician shortage, and it mentioned the need for qualified physicians is projected to be worse than originally thought. Jennifer Metivier gives us eight tips for improving physician recruitment.
Sixty-five hospitals out of a field of nearly 1,200, have earned The Leapfrog Group's annual "Top Hospital" designation. The designation, which Leapfrog bills as the most competitive national hospital quality award in the country, recognizes quality of care.
Aetna on Tuesday announced results of a collaborative relationship with Connecticut-based primary care organization ProHealth Physicians, which since 2007 has made strides using information technology to improve quality of care and lower costs.
In advance of today's scheduled Senate subcommittee hearing on the proposed $29.1 billion merger of pharmacy benefit management companies Express Scripts and Medco, three Republican senators have sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging them to pay special attention to the dominant position the merged company would have in the mail order pharmacy market.
Cardinal Health, a Dublin, Ohio-based, Fortune 19, healthcare services company has been ranked in the number one spot in Gartner's third annual Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25, replacing med-surg supplier Owens & Minor, which dropped to fifth place.
After three years of steady but small improvements in health across the United States, a new survey finds that no progress was made in health improvement between 2010 and 2011.