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The Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies has filed suit in California seeking to scuttle the state's new anti-rescission law, which took effect Aug. 18.

Seniors with more than one chronic condition who are susceptible to frequent hospitalization will be enrolled in a patient-centered medical home pilot program in Florida with hopes that the year-long program will improve outcomes and reduce costs.

A former chief financial officer for three different hospital networks is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly stealing more than $200,000 from health systems in Connecticut and Ohio.

Seventy-seven percent of payers expect a changing relationship with pharmaceutical companies, with 48 percent calling for pharmas to take a more active role in supporting payer managed care (DM, MU, adherence) programs according to a July 2010 poll by The Gantry Group, LLC.

Prices for products used by healthcare providers will rise 3.1 percent on the national market in the next six months, according to a new report by the healthcare supply contracting company Novation.

Five primary care facilities that operate in underserved communities in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens are expected to save approximately $3.8 million through a tax-exempt bond issue to refinance nearly $30 million of loans.

More companies may be putting healthcare benefits in the hands of their employees, but only 28 percent of employers are educating them on how to choose their benefits.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to re-open a financially troubled hospital is a bid to help a town in need of better healthcare services and an economic shot in the arm.

Federally funded program to run alongside state-run program.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the expansion of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Rural Community Hospital demonstration program.