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Kaiser Permanente this week has opened a new Center for Total Health near Capitol Hill. Kaiser executives said they hope the center will be a place or bringing together history, innovation, and state-of-the-art technology.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will postpone the second round of its Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies competitive bidding program until the summer of 2013.
A new study published on March 31 in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the litigation risk of nursing homes is not tied to their quality.
A white paper released by MedeAnalytics shows health insurance plans should benefit from the proposed rule on accountable care organizations.
The Council of Accountable Physician Practices, an affiliate of the American Medical Group Association, has announced a new public education program aimed at providing resources and information about the value of care coordination and accountable care to national healthcare reform.
A series of new reports from the RAND Corporation outlines the impact that national healthcare reform will have on individual states, estimating the increased costs and coverage that are expected in five diverse states once reform is fully implemented in 2016.
CHANDLER, AZ - The Managed Care Executive Group, a national organization of U.S. senior health plan executives, met last week in Arizona to discuss the top issues that health plans face in 2011.
Kindred Healthcare has acquired the California operations of CareSouth HHA Holdings.
Health Care REIT, a Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust, has completed the $2.4 billion acquisition of privately-owned Genesis HealthCare, which was originally announced in February.
A Republican budget proposal for 2012, to be presented to Congress this week, seeks to save more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years and would dramatically alter how the government funds both Medicare and Medicaid.