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An accountable care initiative comprising insurer Independence Blue Cross, local provider group Abington Health and St. Louis-based tech firm Lumeris, will be among the first of its kind in greater Philadelphia, with doctors having a 360-degree view of a patient's care across specialists and physicians, hospitals and clinics from all networks.
Five unionized nursing centers in Connecticut operated by HealthBridge Management LLC are filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, just as several hundred striking employees are set to return to work under a court order.
With the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) expansion of insurance coverage expected to increase the need for primary care services -- requiring an estimated additional 7,200 primary care providers -- 7 million Americans could likely face a primary care physician shortage after 2014.
An accountable care initiative comprising Philadelphia-based insurer Independence Blue Cross, local provider group Abington Health and St. Lous-based tech firm Lumeris, will be among the first of its kind in greater Philadelphia, with doctors having a 360-degree view of a patient's care across specialists and physicians, hospitals and clinics from all networks.
As another governor changed his mind on expanding Medicaid coverage last week, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded $300 million in Medicaid demonstration grants to Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon and Vermont -- the last two arguably having the most ambitious redesigned policies.
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) announced this week that it will establish a new working group to support the White House Cybersecurity Executive Order.
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 went into effect in July 2010 and for the most part, health plans are complying with the legislation and figuring out how to manage costs.
The Department of Health and Human Services has published final rules for essential health benefits and several other policies that clarify rules on mental health benefits.
What does the average American doctor think about health information exchange technologies, a few years into the federal government's health IT incentive program?
From toothbrushes that do more than brush teeth to mobile platforms that help users transition from the hospital to the home or the home to the assisted living, 14 entrepreneurs with innovative digital health ideas have been named to Rock Health's most recent graduating class.