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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) has settled a potential violation of HIPAA privacy and security provisions with the Department of Health and Human Services for $1.5 million. It is the first enforcement action resulting from the HITECH Breach Notification Rule.

As part of The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services effort to dramatically reduce hospital readmissions by 2013, the agency has announced 23 new organizations that will participate in its Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP).

Aetna last week announced that it will enter into a collaborative care model with the Connecticut State Medical Society Independent Practice Association (CSMS-IPA) incorporating more than 500 CSMS-IPA physicians.

The DoD and VA are employing open source in their mammoth joint iEHR to an extent the federal government has not previously attempted –

Aetna and the Connecticut State Medical Society Independent Practice Association have announced a collaborative care model that will incorporate more than 500 CSMS-IPA physicians.

A new survey from KPMG Government Institute finds state governments citing cost, political concerns and legislative uncertainty as big hurdles to planning and implementing state health insurance exchanges.

A new report prepared for the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System offers a series of recommendations to help shore up the finances of safety-net hospitals and promote their ability to provide high-quality care to low-income, vulnerable patients once the health reform law is fully implemented.

A new report prepared for The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System offers a series of recommendations to help shore up the finances of safety-net hospitals and promote their ability to provide high-quality care to low-income, vulnerable patients once the health reform law is fully implemented.

In an effort to standardize financial transparency for nonprofit and for-profit hospitals in New Jersey, the state's Senate's Health Committee approved a bill that would require for-profits to publicly disclose the same financial information that nonprofit entities must file with the Internal Revenue Services.

In an effort to standardize financial transparency for nonprofit and for-profit hospitals in New Jersey, the state's Senate's Health Committee approved a bill that would require for-profits to publicly disclose the same financial information that nonprofit entities must file with the Internal Revenue Services.