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The National Governors Association (NGA) has unveiled a new website, State Health Policy Options, designed to provide a "one-stop shop" for health policy information.
Three out of 10 patients who receive a kidney transplant require readmission to the hospital within 30 days of discharge after the initial surgery, finds a new analysis of national data, but better outpatient monitoring may prevent such readmissions.
The American Medical Association and the Medical Association of Georgia have joined the state Insurance Commissioner in defending new prompt payment rules for self-funded employer health plans and their third party administrators, amid efforts by America's Health Insurance Plans to prevent the rules from taking effect.
SoloHealth, a consumer-driven healthcare technology company, is developing what it claims to be the nation's largest digital ad platform for retail pharmacy. The technology is already being placed in Walmart and Sam's Club stores across the country.
Missouri-based Centene said Wednesday it is initiating the termination of one of its subsidiary's Medicaid managed care contract in Kentucky.
The U.S. is making strong and fast headway on the adoption of electronic health records, but technology is not enough on its own to reform the nation's healthcare, said National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari at a recent event in Washington, D.C.
It has been nearly 15 years since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) iced a controversial rule requiring home health agencies (HHAs) to obtain surety bonds, but a new report by the Office of Inspector General has raised the issue again.
In a live webcast Tuesday, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) called on healthcare organizations to step up quality and error reporting.
The first insurer to release details of its third quarter performance, UnitedHealth Group increased its 2012 outlook Tuesday after posting $27.3 billion in third quarter revenue, with 8 percent year-over-year growth.
State proposals for new dual eligible financial alignment models are currently being considered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as part of the agency's efforts to fix costly and fragmented delivery systems for the roughly 9 million Americans eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.