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As the price of a barrel of oil skyrockets, spurring fears of a worldwide recession, officials at Novation, a healthcare contracting supply company, and its members will be able to track supply costs better than before because the Texas-based company just began publishing its Budget Projections Impact Reports monthly instead of bi-yearly.
Aetna members in most fully insured medical plans in Texas and Florida now have the option of using a new service from TelaDoc to access non-urgent care over the phone.
Indiana's health IT sector, which includes more than 72 growing technologies, along with health plans, life sciences companies, academic institutions, philanthropic organizations and state government, have bolstered healthcare and the economy of the state, according to a new report.
Horizon Healthcare Innovations, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, has teamed up with 63 physicians in New Jersey to launch a statewide PCMH. To help the process along, Horizon is funding population care coordinators to be embedded in physicians' offices.
An organization founded 90 years ago by movie stars such as Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to support workers in the movie and TV industry is seeing the Klieglight at the end of a dark tunnel.
Phreesia, which specializes in patient check-in technology, showcased its new Payment Scheduler at HIMSS11 on Wednesday. It will enable physician practices to offer payment plans for patients at check-in and check-out, helping ensure that doctors get paid on time and in full.
As the legislature in Texas grapples with its budget, the Children's Hospital Association of Texas (CHAT), which represents seven, nonprofit hospitals, is warning lawmakers that cuts to Medicaid could have disastrous consequences for the children of the state.
High-quality hospitals deliver lower-cost care to trauma patients, according to a study published in the Annals of Surgery. The study found high-quality hospitals have death rates that are 34 percent lower, while spending nearly 22 percent less on trauma patient care than average-quality hospitals.
Maintaining positive operating margins and being transparent about clinical quality outcomes are key factors that help hospitals provide superior clinical quality, CEOs at HealthGrades 50 Best Hospitals for 2011 reported.
A 50-state analysis of the country's skilled nursing sector and its impact on federal and state economies reveals that New York State ranks first in the country in nursing facility-generated economic activity and employment.