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In a letter to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer earlier this week, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius informed Brewer that the state does not need an HHS waiver for its plans to remove more than 250,000 people from its Medicaid rolls.
We've seen the ease with which he bested his human opponents on the Jeopardy! challenge. Next up for Watson the supercomputer? Improving the delivery of healthcare.
HP Enterprise Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority have signed a $281 million, seven-year contract aimed at preparing the state for healthcare reform mandates and making more services available to the state's Medicaid program members.
3M Health Information Systems and Nuance Communications have announced a collaboration to develop a next generation, ICD-10-ready clinical documentation improvement solution.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced Wednesday the awarding of $241 million in "Early Innovator" grants to help seven states design and implement the IT infrastructure needed to launch state health insurance exchanges.
Healthcare trends starting to follow other industries.
The California-based Integrated Healthcare Association has been awarded a three-year, $2.9 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Medicare costs in the last six months of life are influenced more by patient characteristics - such as ability to function, the severity of the illness and family support - than by regional factors, such as the number of hospital beds available, according to a study published in The Annals of Internal Medicine.
BancTec is partnering with MediStreams to introduce Healthcare Remittance Automation, an outsourced service available to providers, aggregators and financial institutions of all sizes.
Hospital executives are planning for budget increases over the next five years and are prioritizing strategic initiatives that had previously been on hold due to economic constraints, according to a new study by L.E.K. Consulting.