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TRICARE, the health care program serving active duty service members, is gauging industry interest and capabilities for providing a Web-based electronic health record system for its military health system.
A new report issued by the Government Accountability Office has found that one-out-of-three Medicare Advantage beneficiaries is in a plan spending more than 15 percent of its projected Medicare payments on overhead and profit.
At a time when several newly-elected governors are railing against health reform's governmental intrusion, new Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is taking a different path - a proposal released this week to create a single-payer health plan for his state.
The U.S. healthcare sector continued its expansion in early 2011, with employment increasing in January by approximately 10,600 jobs.
According to the the U.S. News Media Group's annual survey, only 18 nursing homes in the nation - out of more than 15,000 - have received four straight quarters of perfect five-star ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
CIGNA has signed agreements to establish onsite healthcare clinics on American air bases in Kandahar and Bagram, Afghanistan.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced a $750 million investment in disease prevention and public health initiatives.
A recent study appearing in the February issue of Health Affairs found that 2008 starting salaries for male doctors outstripped the starting salaries of their female counterparts by an average of $16,816 a year. Further, the gap has grown steadily since 1999, when the data showed a difference of only $3,600 in starting salaries.
Two Erie, Pa.-based community health centers have been awarded $500,000 by the GE Foundation, the philanthropic organization of GE, to help increase access to quality healthcare.
CIGNA has signed agreements to establish onsite healthcare clinics on American air bases in Kandahar and Bagram, Afghanistan.