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When Aetna asked people from three generations -- Millennials, Generation Xers and Baby Boomers -- which was the healthiest, nearly half of the respondents from each group said their generation.
The first study comparing hospital costs for one of the most common surgeries suggests that it's more expensive when paid for by workers compensation than by group insurance.
An analysis from Avalere Health shows that in nine states the second-lowest cost "Silver" premiums appear to be lower than what the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated for 2016.
The hottest letters in healthcare right now are A, C and O. And while together they stand for accountable care organization, industry analysts say providers need to look beyond the acronym in their efforts to build a new business model.
With a number of studies indicating that one in three patients enters U.S. hospitals malnourished and many more becoming malnourished once admitted, five organizations decided to band together to launch the Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition.
I have been following the news about the National Security Agency (NSA) access to our phone records with great interest. If we as a society don't sort some of this out, we'll see a repeat in the health sector a few years from now.
Some insurers were slow to adopt digital payments in 2012 and the ICD-10 precursor conversion ANSI 5010 reduced some claims resolution, the EHR and medical billing company athenahealth found in its annual review of payer data.
Hoping to get consumers the best prices, the Obama administration is negotiating with insurers looking to sell policies in online health insurance marketplaces this fall, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday.
Physician executives say that dealing with rising operating costs and preparing for new payment models that put more financial risk on their practice are the top challenges they face in running a group practice, according to the latest MGMA-ACMPE survey released Tuesday.
Practices find that preparing for new payment models with insurers, the uncertainty of Medicare reimbursement rates and the difficulty in collecting from self-pay, high deductible patients are top challenges in annual survey.