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Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, an Indianapolis-based healthcare-focused law firm, has launched a blog providing comprehensive information on all matters relevant to healthcare real estate law, including real estate development, construction, finance, property tax exemptions and general transaction issues.
Medical devices company, Theragenics Corporation, confirmed Thursday that it has rejected a takeover bid from German company, Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG (EUZ), or from the Berlin-based company's subsidiary, IBt Bebig.
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has re-introduced the Fostering Independence Through Technology (FITT) Act, which would expand the use of telehealth technology under Medicare in rural and other underserved communities across the nation.
The success of an organization's employee health management program - and its impact on medical plan costs - is linked to how much support it receives from senior management, according to the nonprofit Health Enhancement Research Organization.
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed that state Medicaid agencies use federal funds to help pay for uncovering fraud through the screening and analysis of Medicaid claims data.
Three hospitals on Washington's remote Olympic Peninsula are looking into a partnership with Seattle's Swedish Medical Center to improve clinical outcomes for their patients and access new technology.
Two months after announcing its intention to raise rates for 200,000 individual plan members - with some planned increases as high as 59 percent - California Blue Shield is withdrawing its rate filing with the California Department of Insurance and instead will hold both individual and family plan rates steady for the remainder of the year.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released its annual recommendations to Congress on Tuesday, calling for a 1 percent pay increase for physicians.
The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 6.29 percent over the year ending in January, according to Standard & Poor's S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index. It's the first time the growth rate has accelerated since May 2010.
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provided health benefits to nearly 75 million people last year - or nearly one-in-four people - according to the inaugural report of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC).