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Healthcare and healthcare policy leaders say the lack of incentives and current financial interests of providers and other stakeholders are barriers to moving healthcare toward more integrated and accountable delivery models, according to a new survey.
The Rite Aid Corporation and 40 affiliated companies have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule.
CVS Caremark and Aetna have signed a 12-year contract to provide pharmacy benefit management services to Aetna's 9.7 million customers and members, representing more than $9.5 billion in annual drug spending.
The L.A. Care Health Plan has approved $153,000 in funding for the Western Health Information Network, which will connect at least 10 Los Angeles County community clinics to an existing health information exchange network.
Generic medications have saved the American healthcare system more than $824 billion over the past decade - and $139.6 billion alone in 2009 - according to a new study.
Employees at Providence Tarzana Medical Center voted recently to leave the Service Employees International Union and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will make available $2.25 billion in state grants to support community-based alternatives to institutional long-term care.
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) has launched a series of online quizzes and tools aimed at educating seniors about how the Affordable Care Act affects their Medicare benefits, the growth of Medicare and the budget deficit.
Healthcare reform legislation in Massachusetts, first enacted by the commonwealth's legislature in 2006 and revised in 2008, contains payment reform principles that likely offer insight into national reform efforts.
A Harris Interactive Poll shows most seniors are ill-informed or misinformed on 12 vital facts they should know about health reform and how it affects their Medicare benefits.