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Anthem Blue Cross and APS Healthcare have announced an agreement that will see APS provide targeted care management and coordination of Anthem members enrolled in Medi-Cal's California's Seniors and People with Disabilities (SPD) Program.
Forty-five percent of young adults said healthcare cost considerations caused them to forgo necessary medical treatments in 2010, up from 32 percent in 2001, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund.
The Steward Health Care System, which has acquired several Massachusetts hospitals since being launched eight months ago, is now looking outside the Bay State - at Rhode Island's Landmark Medical Center.
A study that used game theory to explore the impact of group purchasing organizations on healthcare supply chains has found that providers using GPOs experience lower total purchasing costs.
Ten U.S. health systems have been identified by Thomson Reuters as providing the best quality of care, efficiency and patient satisfaction.
Health plans have shown incremental progress each year in improving health for diabetics and controlling costs for treatment of diabetes, but they still have a long way to go, according to a new report.
Greater spending on medical services does translate to better overall health for Medicare participants, according to a new study from George Mason University and the Urban Institute.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida has announced the release of its first Florida Blue mobile app for the iPhone and Android smartphones, designed to provide members with general health information, tools to manage their own health and details about their benefits.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, has awarded CGI a contract renewal worth $44.9 million to help prevent, detect, deter and correct improper payments within Pennsylvania's Medicaid Medical Assistance program.
A patient recruiter for a Houston-based durable medical equipment company is the latest to be convicted in court for a scheme in which Medicare was billed for wheelchairs supposedly damaged in a hurricane.