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Private sector healthcare employment in the United States reached a high of 10.7 percent of total employment, according to a new report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Studying Health Spending.
A new poll shows 48 percent of employers aren't waiting for a repeal of healthcare reform - but they are looking for guidance on specific provisions of the law before making decisions on benefit plans.
Microsoft will offer new turnkey technology to help states roll out their statewide health insurance exchanges by 2014. This will include exchanges, enrollment and eligibility technology, health-enabled business intelligence/analytics and case coordination.
Microsoft will offer new turnkey technology designed to help states quickly and efficiently roll out their statewide health insurance exchanges by 2014.
Answering critics of the Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act (CLASS), Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has affirmed the administration's commitment to ensure the program is self-sustaining and won't rely on taxpayer dollars.
The Senate has passed legislation that would repeal a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires small businesses, including physicians, to file an IRS form 1099 for each vendor purchase of $600 or more.
Kindred Healthcare has announced plans to acquire the St. Louis-based RehabCare Group, creating what officials say will be the largest post-acute healthcare services company in the nation, with more than $6 billion in annual revenues and operations in 46 states.
Kronos, a global provider of workforce management solutions for several industries, has enhanced its healthcare vertical with the planned acqusition of API Healthcare, a Wisconsin-based developer of software that automates staffing and scheduling, patient classification, human resources, recruiting, payroll and staffing agencies.
Hospital mergers and acquisitions saw a marked increase in activity in 2010, according to Deal Search Online, a database maintained by Irving Levin Associates, Inc. The database recently released the five largest hospital transactions reported in 2010.
Tenet Healthcare and Aetna have signed a new multi-year agreement that will allow members of Aetna's commercial and Medicare Advantage health plans to continue receiving covered healthcare services from Tenet facilities nationwide.