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More than 600 people descended on the New Hampshire Statehouse to protest Medicaid cuts. A public hearing on the budget cuts drew public comments that stretched for more than 6 hours from people objecting to a list of cuts to Medicaid including in-home support services, mental health grants and bloc grants to the state's 13 largest hospitals.
Long-term care costs are still rising, but not as much as other goods and services, according to John Hancock Financial by LifePlans.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced on Tuesday four arrests were made in a south suburban Chicago nursing home after a surprise "Operation Guardian" compliance check.
People with low incomes or chronic health problems who enroll in high-deductible health plans are at no more risk for cutting back on needed healthcare than other people who enroll in the plans, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 6.19 percent over the 12 months ending February 2011, according to the Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index. This is a drop from the 6.31 percent increase in annual growth rate posted in January 2011 for this index.
The rising demand for medical services to treat aging baby boomers, combined with shifts in approaches to treatments to curb rising costs, will significantly increase the need for new and refurbished medical office buildings in the decades ahead, says a new report.
The California Department of Managed Health Care has asked Blue Shield of California to justify a 37.5 percent increase for approximately 70,000 members who are in managed care plans.
Physicians from larger practices get paid more on call than those from smaller practices, according to a new survey by the Medical Group Management Association.
While many employers expect an increase in the cost of providing benefits to employees, two-thirds of them responding to a new survey from Deloitte are making no immediate changes to their benefit programs, signaling a "wait and see" approach for final healthcare reform provisions that will likely reduce plan design flexibility.
Large employers are rethinking their retiree healthcare strategy as a result of federal healthcare reform, according to Aon Hewitt, a global human resource consulting and outsourcing business of Aon Corporation.