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A recent study published in Health Affairs showed evidence that when a physician group's quality measures are publicly reported, they are more motivated to improve upon their overall care quality.

From the federal government to Wal-Mart, companies are pledging to hire military veterans, and whether signing on to national campaigns or starting their own, healthcare companies are joining the cause.

Independence Blue Cross and regional provider Abington Health announced in late February they would leverage Lumeris' consulting and technology services to enhance their two-year-old accountable care initiative.

In early February, TransforMED announced that its founding president and CEO, Terry McGeeney had retired. Since TransforMED's formation as an offshoot of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2007, the company has grown from an initial 16 employees to more than 60 today, and has helped more than 1,200 primary care practices in 40 states make the transition from a fee-for-service model to NCQA Level 3 patient-centered medical home.

Athenahealth's More Disruption Please initiative may serve the company's bottom line, but it's heart is more subversive: to dismantle the healthcare system as it exists today. And the company is doing it one person at a time.

While Connecticut's 2014-2015 budget has yet to be finalized, hospitals and healthcare systems in the state are claiming that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed cuts of more than $500 million in hospital funding over the next two years would be devastating.

With doctors across the country continually on pins and needles regarding their reimbursement rates, proponents of telemedicine and telehealth are telling doctors the technologies offer them a stable revenue stream and lifestyle options.

In a profession full of flux and uncertainty, America's physicians say they are generally not a happy lot. But female physicians do seem to be a bit less miserable overall, according to a recent study by The Physicians Foundation.

While the massive, monolithic hospital isn’t a relic of the past, real estate investors don’t see it as the wave of the future, either. Not when emerging payment models favor outpatient over inpatient care, they say.

Job growth in the healthcare industry continued its climb as winter turned to spring. The industry added jobs again in March 2013, increasing employment by 23,400 positions.